A federal judge on May 20 blocked Oklahoma from enforcing a law that empowers state law enforcement to arrest and imprison illegal immigrants.
The law, Oklahoma House Bill 4156, also requires illegal immigrants convicted under the law to leave Oklahoma within three days.
U.S. District Judge Bernard Jones said the state law is likely preempted by federal immigration statutes.
“Based on the comprehensive and exhaustive immigration framework that Congress designed, the Court is left with one conclusion: H.B. 4156 must fail,” Jones wrote in a 31-page decision.
He entered a temporary restraining order preventing Oklahoma officials from enforcing the law for 14 days….