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Rep. Jon Echols, R-Oklahoma City, introduced HB4156 to the House floor Thursday, April 18, 2024. The measure passed along a 77-20 party-line vote.
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Oklahoma is a step closer to criminalizing people in the state without legal immigration status. Democrats questioned the bill’s legal and moral merits, as well as the consequences of its passage, intentional or not, during a tense House floor discussion Thursday morning.
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