Federal judge issues order blocking immigration law in Oklahoma

  • Guatemalan Oklahomans hold a sign in Spanish and English which reads, “We just want to work” at a Hispanic Cultural Day rally outside the Oklahoma State Capitol May 15. Hundreds of people, most of them Latino, protest the newly enacted House Bill 4156, which creates the criminal offense of impermissible occupation. Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice

    Guatemalan Oklahomans hold a sign in Spanish and English which reads, “We just want to work” at a Hispanic Cultural Day rally outside the Oklahoma State Capitol May 15. Hundreds of people, most of them Latino, protest the newly enacted House Bill 4156, which creates the criminal offense of impermissible occupation. Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice

OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal judge Friday temporarily blocked Oklahoma’s controversial immigration law targeting people in the U.S. without documentation.While Oklahoma may have frustrations with problems caused by illegal immigration, the state may not pursue policies that undermine federal law, the opinion by U.S. District Judge Bernard M. Jones said.The order prohibited the state from enforcing…

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