Oklahoma immigration bill casts one of the widest nets
Tagged: Oklahoma, populationPosted on: April 23rd, 2007“Oklahoma doesn’t have much of a problem with illegal immigration in the grand scheme of things.
The state’s undocumented population is estimated at 75,000 or fewer, a drop in the bucket compared with the approximately 1.5 million living in neighboring Texas.
But Oklahoma, reacting to the rapid growth of that population and fears for the future, is about to pass one of the nation’s broadest state laws restricting illegal immigrants. The bill aims to cut off jobs and benefits for illegal immigrants and permit state and local law enforcement to detain them solely for their presence in the United States.”
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