Oklahoma Legislature Passes Law Barring Illegal Immigrants

Published on April 24, 2024

Oklahoma’s legislators have joined their neighbor Texas in passing a law to bar illegal immigrants from the state. Gov. Kevin Stitt is expected to sign HB 4156, which cleared the State Senate on a vote of 39 to 8 on April 23. The law had strong support in the Republican-controlled legislature, while Democrats strongly opposed it. The Oklahoma House of Representatives on April 18 passed the bill, which creates the crime of “impermissible occupation,” by a vote of 77 to 20. Oklahoma Speaker of the House Charles McCall (R-District 22) and Senate Pro Tem Greg Treat (R-District 47) co-authored the new law. The bill had 26 sponsors between the state House and Senate....

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