immigration law

State Superintendent Ryan Walters reissued a request Wednesday to Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond after Drummond refused to issue a formal opinion on a Trump executive order.

Top-down, all-around federal immigration enforcement at the state level is rolling out across Oklahoma. The state’s top public safety official discussed the details at a Tuesday press conference.

State Superintendent Ryan Walters asked Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond Monday for a formal opinion on an executive order by President Donald Trump prohibiting federal funds and benefits from going to undocumented persons.

The Tuesday order affects tens of thousands of children, some with no family and no legal status.

The estimated 1.7 million undocumented people in Texas are now targets of the Trump administration’s nationwide immigration crackdown. Here’s what we know about them.

Under the state-federal partnership, an unspecified number of KBI agents would receive ICE training allowing them to issue immigration detainers, serve warrants for some immigration violations and arrest people allegedly in the U.S. without authorization.

In 2006, 10% of the town of Cactus disappeared overnight when the local slaughterhouse was raided.

Fear is rising as politicians nationwide target immigrants with their Trump-inspired rhetoric and policies. Oklahoma’s Latino immigrant community has been stirred into a panic.

Public Safety Commissioner Tim Tipton says criminal unauthorized immigrants are a clear safety risk to Oklahomans, and he has a plan to get such criminals out of the state.

Gov. Greg Abbott and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have signed an agreement that allows Texas guardsmen to make immigration arrests on the border.