ACLU, Tulsa attorney halt HB 4156, citing conflicts with federal immigration law
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An Oklahoma judge granted a restraining order to block Oklahoma's House Bill 4156. News Channel 8 reported earlier this month on a Tulsa immigration attorney, Lorena Rivas, and the ACLU filed a lawsuit, jointly, against the state. HB 4156, according to ACLU, is a law that would create a state system to regulate immigration that undermines the exclusively federal system Congress enacted. The bill would subject certain groups of immigrants, who have the right to remain in America, to be arrested and prosecuted, or be ordered to leave, even if...
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