Federal judge slaps hold on new Oklahoma immigration law

 Federal judge slaps hold on new Oklahoma immigration law

An Oklahoma law criminalizing illegal immigrants living in the state has been paused from coming into force by a federal judge, drawing ACLU praises while the state attorney general criticized it.

A federal judge in Oklahoma has put a two-week hold on a 2024 state law coming into force that criminalizes illegal immigrants living in the state, a decision that was welcomed by the American Civil …