Vol. 71/No. 44 November 26, 2007
The law makes it a crime to transport, harbor, hide, rent housing to, or employ undocumented immigrants. It also gives state police the powers of immigration cops, and requires local and state cops and county jails to verify legal status. The law also terminates, in most cases, government subsidies such as health care and welfare for those who cannot prove legal status.
Miguel Rivera, president of the Oklahoma immigrant rights coalition Conlamic, told protesters at the rally that already the first arrest under the law had been made, with a woman charged for giving a ride to her boyfriend in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who allegedly lacks residency documents. Rivera said some immigrants have already been evicted from their apartments by landlords afraid of being in violation of the new law.
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