Oklahoma Ok

[snopes]

Republicans have cried for years about states rights… well here we are exercising them… it will be interesting to see how soon the ACLU challenges this law, oh, and by the way, with our tax dollars, dang… double dang. And see what the Supreme Court does with it..

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I wish Texas would take a look at this

Every State needs to [do] this !!!!

Oklahoma's Governor Brad Henry has signed a sweeping immigration reform bill:
House Bill 1804, that its sponsor believes will go a long way in dealing with the illegal alien problem in the state.

House Bill 1804 was passed by overwhelming majorities in both the House and Senate of the Oklahoma Legislature. The measure's sponsor, State Representative Randy Terrill, says the bill has four main topical areas: it deals with identity theft; it terminates public assistance benefits to illegals; it empowers state and local police to enforce federal immigration laws; and it punishes employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens.

Oklahoma is no longer "O.K." for illegal aliens, Terrill observes. "When you put everything together in context," he contends, "the bottom line is illegal aliens will not come here if there are no jobs waiting for them, they will not stay here if there is no government subsidy, and they certainly won't stay here if they know that if they ever encounter our state and local law enforcement officers, they will be physically detained until they're deported. And that's exactly what House Bill 1804 does."

The Oklahoma legislator is pleased the bill he sponsored into law was signed by Governor Henry and believes it will go a long way to curb the illegal immigration problem in the state. "I would remind people that states are separate sovereigns in our federal system," Terrill points out. "Anyone who doesn't understand that needs to go back and take an American federal government class in college," he says.

As a result of that sovereignty, the Oklahoma lawmaker insists, "we have as much right - in fact, I would argue, a responsibility - to protect our taxpayers against that sort of egregious waste, fraud and abuse as the federal government should have a responsibility to protect that international border, but doesn't do that."

Terrill says as long as the federal government refuses to do its job of protecting the international borders of the United States, states like Oklahoma must take action to deal with the problem that is costing taxpayers in the state $200 million a year in public benefits, law enforcement costs, and other resources.

[Avril]

Oklhaoma House Bill 1804.

The governor has signed it.

Avril

[Chloe]

Yep, nothing more guaranteed to save on law enforcement costs than rounding people up and detaining them until they're deported. And nothing's safer on the roads than a sub-class who know they'll be deported if they're caught by police for a minor traffic violation.

For once, it didn't happen first here in Alabama (unless I missed it).....

[Towknie]

So they're refusing prenatal care to pregnant women and allowing verification of legal entry into the US for any person over the age of 14. I guess this is an attempt to get around the unconstitutionality (is that a word?) of prop 187 in California that attempted to deny public education.

It does state, however, that no public benefits shall be granted to illegal aliens. If I'm not mistaken, public education is a public benefit.

I rather doubt this will hold up in federal court.