oklahoma immigration

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.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is firing back against State Superintendent Ryan Walters’ request for an opinion on a Trump executive order regarding immigration.

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.

Gov. Kevin Stitt says he will not approve the new administrative rules passed by the state education board last month requiring an unauthorized immigrant headcount in Oklahoma’s school system.

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.

The U.S. Department of Justice is reconsidering its lawsuit against Oklahoma’s sweeping immigration law, House Bill 4156. State Attorney General Gentner Drumond says he’s hopeful the law will be enforced soon.

State Superintendent Ryan Walters made comments Thursday to an Oklahoma City news station offering support to President Donald Trump to enforce immigration policies and then doubled down in a press release Friday afternoon.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is appealing to a federal court to reinstate HB 4156, a law criminalizing unauthorized immigrants in the state.