Leaders in OK legislature say they'll propose a bill to make "impermissible occupation" a crime.

A new piece of immigration legislation working its way through the Oklahoma Legislature and sponsored by the Republican leaders of each chamber, would clamp down on illegal immigration and create the crime of impermissible occupation. The bill, which attempts to provide a state fix to the issue of illegal border crossings, is expected to be filed next week by Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka, and Senate Pro Tempore Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City. The new law would define impermissible occupation as a person willfully and without permission entering and remaining in Oklahoma...