Suburban Chicago cop arrested by immigration agents is now free

Watch the video above to see Officer Bojovic on patrol in the days before immigration agents arrested him.

HANOVER PARK, Ill. (WGN) — The October arrest of a suburban police officer by immigration agents had all of hoopla we’ve come to expect from Homeland Security: A right wing influencer and his camera crew tagged along, an administration official went on Fox News to decry sanctuary policies, and social media outrage that a ‘criminal illegal immigrant’ was allowed to carry a gun.

But two weeks later – and without fanfare – Hanover Park police officer Radule Bojovic was released from federal custody on a $2,500 bond set by an immigration judge, NewsNation local affiliate WGN has learned.

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“$2,500 bond tells me that the judge thought he was not a danger to the community and not a flight risk either,” said Sam Cole, a former immigration judge who is the chief immigration counsel for ACLU of Illinois. “It’s a very low bond and it’s reflective of someone who the judge is not concerned about.”…

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