Immigration Law Authors Say It Is Working

The Tulsa World's Mick Hinton has a story that comes on the heels of yesterday's report that Tulsa elementary school officials have noticed Hispanic students leaving: Architects of the state's tough new immigration law said reports that Hispanic children are leaving Tulsa Public Schools indicates that the legislation is working.

"Obviously, if we are talking about people who are not here legally under immigration laws, then the law is having its exact intended effect," Rep. Randy Terrill said Friday.

"Certainly, I have heard the chatter that there are people particularly in northeastern Oklahoma and the Panhandle who are leaving, but we don't have any real evidence," added Terrill, R-Moore.

Senator James Williamson, the Senate author of the bill, said, "The whole purpose of the law was to reduce the number of illegal immigrants in Oklahoma because it is costing taxpayers a lot of money to educate them. (Read all of Hinton's story here.)

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