[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 29409]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                OKLAHOMA IS OK WITH NEW IMMIGRATION LAW

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, there is a new immigration law in effect, and 
even Federal judges refused to stop it.
  On November 1 it became a felony to knowingly harbor and hide 
illegals. It is against the law to give illegals driver's licenses or 
give them public benefits. Local police may now hold illegals they 
arrest for felonies and detain them for Federal deportation. And 
employers must use the new Federal verification system to determine 
legal status of workers.
  This, unfortunately, is not a new Federal law, but one passed 
recently by the Sooner State: Oklahoma. Apparently, Okies are 
frustrated with too few results from Federal enforcement folk so they 
passed their own State law on immigration.
  And good for them. Hopefully, other States will follow.
  Of course, noncitizen groups and the ``give America away'' crowd sued 
Oklahoma in Federal court. And they lost. Early results of the law 
indicate illegals are leaving Oklahoma, some even going back to their 
own country, as it ought to be. They are getting the message: Come to 
America the legal way or don't come at all.
  And that's just the way it is.

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