Oklahoma’s attorney general is pushing back against a lawsuit by the Biden administration over its anti-illegal immigration law, saying his state is confident in the legality of the bill – and that he is happy to fight the administration on this matter. 'I would say to the Biden administration, bring your fight to Oklahoma. We're happy to fight you,' Attorney General Gentner Drummond told Fox News Digital in an interview on Tuesday.
The law was signed by Stitt this month and is due to go into force on July 1. It is similar to laws passed and signed into law in Iowa and Texas. Those laws have subsequently both been hit by lawsuits from the DOJ, which argues that they infringe on federal authority over immigration law and enforcement. The Texas law is currently on hold amid an ongoing lawsuit.
He said in his letter to Oklahoma last week that Congress has implemented a 'comprehensive scheme governing noncitizens’ entry and reentry into the United States, including penalties for unlawful entry and reentry.' 'HB 4156, however, seeks to create a separate state immigration scheme by imposing state criminal penalties for violating the federal prohibitions on unlawful entry and reentry.
Drummond also said he expected a lawsuit to follow once the bill itself was signed into law. 'I fully anticipated that the Biden administration would attempt to intervene and and distract the public from its failures,' he said. He also said he is very confident in his state’s case, noting that unlike other bills, the Oklahoma bill orders the removal of illegal immigrants from the state, not the deportation from the country.
can promise you one thing. This attorney general stands behind the plate. I don't throw the ball. Don't swing at the ball, don't catch the ball. I call the ball and I call the strike. And in this instance, it has been my independent determination that the state of Oklahoma needs a mechanism to abate organized crime in Oklahoma by and through its illegal workforce, and this law permits it,' he said.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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