What do you think of Oklahoma law puts new focus on immigration ?
“I hope we export every illegal alien to surrounding states,” Oklahoma state Rep. Randy Terrill said in an interview last week, “if their state legislators don’t have the backbone to fill the void left by the federal government.”
That’s what some Northwest Arkansas lawmakers say they worry about, the reason they want to study the impact of immigration here with the idea of passing something like the Oklahoma law.
The law calls for more local enforcement of immigration laws, further restricts state issuance of identification and benefits and aims to crack down on harboring and hiring illegal aliens, among other restrictions.
Supporters and opponents say anecdotal evidence suggests that some of Oklahoma’s illegal residents are leaving in anticipation of the law taking effect Nov. 1.
But Marcela Frescott, a group leader at Hispanic Helping Center at Catholic Charities of Tulsa, said her clients tell her they’re not heading to another state. They’re heading home, mostly to Mexico.
“They realize they’re not wanted here, and they have a risk of being arrested and deported,” Frescott said. “The ones I’ve spoken to are going back to their country.”
With increasing worries that local police will pull them over and they’ll end up deported, they’d rather cash in equity on their houses now and leave on their own terms, she said.
“I tell them, ‘Don’t leave, ’” Frescott said, “but they’re afraid.”
Terrill, a Republican from Moore, Okla., said such departures are just what he aimed for when he sponsored the bill that became the Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007. Organizations that want more government immigration enforcement have hailed the law as the nation’s toughest.
Some think it goes too far, however, and are ready to sue to stop its implementation. The National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders, based in Washington, D. C., is behind plans to file a lawsuit this month to have the law thrown out on the basis that the state is trying to overstep its authority.
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as a Oklahoma resident i am damn proud that this state is taking this step the fact is that they broke a federal law and now a state law is going to enforce it whats wrong with that ? and you can argue until you are blue in the face that its going to hurt the economy it wont. you make it seem like people dont want this all of the people i know in oklahoma say its a great idea and i fully support this idea. yes i come from an irish imigrant family that came through ellis island, and my family did it legally just like every single illegal immigrant had the option to do, but since they decided that they would just bypass the law and cross the border now people are whining since oklahoma wants to send these lawbreakers back to mexico or whereever they come from, so if i were to drive without a drivers liscense would people cry and whine and say its not fair to not let him drive anymore, no they would say he is getting what he deserves and this is exactly what these illegal immigrants deserve DEPORTATIONat least oklahoma is taking a firm stand and the other states are taking notice
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I live in Oklahoma and I support it. If they are legal they will happily remain an Oklahoma resident and not live in fear. If they are illegal, they'll start running out of work and heading elsewhere. Northwest Arkansas is already overran by illegals and I've heard that they are considering a similar law.
Oklahoma is abusing its authority.
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I love it and I wish my state would do the same. It is about time.
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damn the people that want to divide and bless the people that want to live like true christians
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The state's have to do something, the federal government is to "politically correct" to do anything.
Seeing as the Federal Government wants to cater to the illegals, I stand up and cheer ANY State that take matters into their own hands.
I know I am sick and tired of watching this Government sell us out, so come election time I will be voting for Senators and Congressmen/women who have taken a stand. They supposedly are working FOR us, but when you look at how they vote on the Immigration Issue you see who walks the walk and who just talks the talk!
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Oh crap, I live in Kansas
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It sounds like Terrill has a future in the national arena of politics. Oklahoma is lucky to have him.
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I wish the state I live in could clone Rep. Terrill.
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