Oklahoma no longer OK for illegal aliens

[Soldier4Christ]

Oklahoma no longer OK for illegal aliens

Oklahoma's Governor Brad Henry has signed a sweeping immigration reform bill, House Bill 1804, that its sponsor believes will go a long way in dealing with the illegal alien problem in the state.



House Bill 1804 was passed by overwhelming majorities in both the House and Senate of the Oklahoma Legislature. The measure's sponsor, State Representative Randy Terrill, says the bill has four main topical areas: it deals with identity theft; it terminates public assistance benefits to illegals; it empowers state and local police to enforce federal immigration laws; and it punishes employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens.

Oklahoma is no longer "O.K." for illegal aliens, Terrill observes. "When you put everything together in context," he contends, "the bottom line is illegal aliens will not come here if there are no jobs waiting for them, they will not stay here if there is no government subsidy, and they certainly won't stay here if they know that if they ever encounter our state and local law enforcement officers, they will be physically detained until they're deported. And that's exactly what House Bill 1804 does."

The Oklahoma legislator is pleased the bill he sponsored into law was signed by Governor Henry and believes it will go a long way to curb the illegal immigration problem in the state. "I would remind people that states are separate sovereigns in our federal system," Terrill points out. "Anyone who doesn't understand that needs to go back and take an American federal government class in college," he says.

As a result of that sovereignty, the Oklahoma lawmaker insists, "we have as much right -- in fact, I would argue, a responsibility -- to protect our taxpayers against that sort of egregious waste, fraud and abuse as the federal government should have a responsibility to protect that international border, but doesn't do that."

Terrill says as long as the federal government refuses to do its job of protecting the international borders of the United States, states like Oklahoma must take action to deal with the problem that is costing taxpayers in the state $200 million a year in public benefits, law enforcement costs, and other resources.

[Brother Jerry]

Good for Oklahoma....now if only the rest of the country would follow suit.

[Faithin1]

Good for Oklahoma....now if only the rest of the country would follow suit.

AMEN!!!

[nChrist]

I must say YEAH! Oklahoma!

I think that all states should follow this example and force the Federal Government to perform their sworn duties on our borders. The next task for Oklahoma will be in making Immigration Officials come to pick up the illegal aliens and deport them. In the past, Immigration Officials acted like they had a choice about what to do. In fact, they don't have a choice at all and they never have had. When it starts, Oklahoma and other states will have to take legal action to force Immigration to do their jobs. The taxpayers can't and won't feed and house the illegal aliens forever because that would bust the jail budgets in a short period of time. Another possible course of action would be to withhold necessary jail expenses from collections due to be sent to the Federal Government.

Contrary to Federal opinion in many circles, the States are the boss, and the Federal Government is the servant of the States - NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND! It's far past time to send the Federal Government a clear and strong message on this issue and others. The Federal Government does have duties and responsibilities that they can be forced to do in one way or another. It's interesting to note that the Federal Government HAS withheld scheduled returns of a state's own tax dollars when a Federal requirement wasn't met. This is illegal and Unconstitutional for the Federal Government, but it isn't for state government. It may be time for a lesson in Civics 101.