Federal Judge Blocks Oklahoma From Enforcing Immigration Law

The judge’s order is in effect for 14 days, for now, with an extension possible.

Galveston Lt. Constable Paul Edinburgh arrests a man from Oklahoma for allegedly smuggling six illegal immigrants from the U.S.–Mexico border through Kinney County, Texas, on Aug. 28, 2022. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

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.