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Oklahoma immigration law faces lawsuit from Justice Department

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We can add Oklahoma to the list of states facing scrutiny from the Justice Department for forging their own immigration policies that essentially usurp federal authority. On Tuesday, the Biden administration filed a lawsuit seeking to “preserve its exclusive authority under federal law to regulate the entry, reentry, and presence of noncitizens.” The suit says: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed SB 4 into law in December.

without proper documentation, and allow local judges to deport people who are deemed to be in the country illegally. The state’s attorney general appears eager for a legal fight. “We fully anticipated that once the bill would be enacted that the Biden administration would arrogantly treat Oklahoma like it’s one size fits all,” AG Gentner Drummond said, per KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City.

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