Is Illegal Immigration why black tar heroin is on the rise in Norman, Oklahoma?

Law enforcement agents have tracked a decrease in oxycontin and an increase in black tar heroin during the last four to six months, Norman police said.

Norman Police Capt. J.D. Younger said police cannot determine how much of the drug flow has been interrupted and redirected.

"It's difficult to pinpoint the exact impact you've had," he said. "The significant impact is based on the decreased availability and increase in price."

Investigators theorize why numbers have dropped: "Operation Pill Box."

In December, state and federal law enforcement, broke up an alleged oxycontin ring in the Norman area. The investigation was dubbed "Operation Pill Box."

Younger said most of the heroin supply is coming from Mexico. Police suspect someone is acquiring heroin and bringing it into the Norman area.

Suppliers frequently use Interstate 35 and Interstate 40 to transport drugs, Younger said. I-35 runs through Cleveland County and intersects with I-40 in Oklahoma City.

The Medical Examiner's Office tracks overdose deaths across the state and has data through 2009. Data for 2010 is not complete.

In 2008, 32 people in Cleveland County died from drug overdoses. Oxycodone killed five people. One person died from a heroin overdose.

Oxycodone also is found in combination with other ingredients in prescription pain killers. In its pure form it is oxycontin.

In 2009, drug overdose deaths decreased to 28, according to state statistics. One person died from oxycodone. Statistics on heroin related deaths were not available.

So far in 2010, there have been four heroin related overdoses reported in Norman. None have resulted in death, according to state officials.

Burnett said methamphetamine and cocaine are the most common drugs that county investigators come across. However, heroin is making a come back, he said.

Heroin has a massive addictive affect, Burnett said.

"It puts you out," he said.

Dr. David Fish, who joined the emergency department at Norman Regional Hospital in July 2009, said in the past nine months, he's treated at least two heroin overdoses. Both patients lived.

Heroin relaxes the body, Fish said. The narcotic slows down the respiratory system and induces a seemingly euphoric mental state.

Overdose patients brought into the emergency department typically are not breathing, Fish said. The person also likely is in a coma.

"If you take too much you will stop breathing and die," he said.

Fish said someone can become addicted to heroin in a single dose.

"People can be psychologically addicted pretty quickly and physiological over time," he said.

He said heroin originally was designed to be a pain reliever. Another opiate, oxycontin also is known to ease physical pain.

Fish said as an emergency room physician, he treats short-term pain. Oxycodone, in conjunction with other ingredients, is marketed as Percocet. Instead of oxycontin or an oxycodone compound, Fish said he normally prescribes a short dose of Vicodin or Lortab for pain relief.

"It's not something we give out regularly," he said of oxycontin.

Fish said compared with heroin overdoses, he's treated more patients who suffer from prescription drug overdoses.

"It's almost a daily thing," he said.

Congressman Tom McClintock Tells Mexico To Butt Out

Mexican President Felipe Calderon insulted America by demanding that our congress pass amnesty for Mexican illegal aliens on May 19, 2010. Congressman Tom McClintock told Calderon to Butt Out of American affairs.

Baxter Black get it!

People who live in Chicago, Washington , DC or San Francisco inner cities lock their doors at night. They are careful where they travel within the city. They all have friends who have been mugged, had homes burglarized, cars stolen or lives taken. They travel the city in crowds like schools of fish. Their safety, like all prey, is in numbers; the odds are that someone else will be eaten instead of them. In rural communities, small towns, and isolated ranch houses, we do not think of ourselves as prey.

During the election, candidate Obama made a very telling comment about bitter, small towns, "clinging to their guns and religion." He is from the big-city prey mentality. He comes from a place that believes that if we take guns away from ordinary citizens, they will somehow be safer. His comment was interpreted as a slam against small-town America, but I will give him the benefit of the doubt. He simply doesn't have any way to relate to those who believe each person is responsible to take care of himself.

The Mexican border, once a cultural bridge, is now a war zone inhabited by killers, smugglers, and drug dealers as bad as any town in Afghanistan. Rural people who live along this poisonous border live with the daily possibility of death and destruction. Thousands of Mexicans have been killed in the drug wars already.

The situation, which has been worsening, culminated last month with the murder of a rancher by a suspected drug smuggler on his way back to Mexico.

He lived in my county along the border. He was known to the neighbors and many Mexican illegals as a generous man. His ranch has been well traveled by illegals for years. His luck ran out. All of us, his neighbors, are saddened but reminded of just how fragile normal life has become where many have put down their roots.

If the president thinks the community is bitter, he just might be right. They are on the front lines in a war to supply recreational drug users their daily toke or weekly snort. The smugglers are doing quite well. I hear of no shortages from celebrities and potheads. And, in truth, I would guess most ranchers are ambivalent about dope smokers and drug users. Unfortunately, they are trying to ranch on the battlefield where the self-righteous, self-centered stoners, snorters, smokers, shooters and suppliers are fighting The Law.

You can see in this Arizona rural community why we cling to our guns. We don't have police cars patrolling our neighborhoods. The nearest neighbor could be ten or twelve miles away and the criminals pass like ghosts in the night. We use our guns because we are not prey; we take responsibility for our own lives and livelihood. The president's unfortunate denigration of religion as a source of strength is something he probably wishes he could take back. His past church membership speaks for his faith. Suffice it to say, when we turn to God for help, it is because He has proven to be more reliable than the stream of politicians' promises that continue to pour over us like dirty water sluicing down the drain.

And nobody seems to have a clue.

Baxter Black is a former New Mexico resident who spent most of his working days tormenting cows. He now resides in Arizona and spends most of his free time tormenting cowboys and the sorts. His column appears in the Deming Headlight on Tuesday. www.baxterblack.com

Amnesty Madness

House Approves Real Official English Measure

Legislation making English the official language of Oklahoma government passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives today.

“As our common American language, English and the ‘melting pot’ process it supports has made the United States the most successful multi-ethnic nation in history,” said state Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore. “Unfortunately, the drive to linguistically Balkanize our nation makes it harder for legal immigrants to assimilate while wasting limited taxpayer dollars.”

House Joint Resolution 1042, by Terrill, would send a proposed constitutional amendment to Oklahoma voters that would make English the official language of state government.

More than 30 states have already approved official English laws and so have more than 50 nations around the globe.

Under the provisions of the legislation, private individuals and businesses will still be allowed to use whatever language they choose. Only government activities would be affected.

The bill also contains exemptions for the languages of Oklahoma’s 39 federally recognized Native American tribes and allows the use of both Braille and sign language in government services. The legislation also contains a number of other specific, narrowly tailored exceptions for things like public health and safety, as well as trade, commerce and tourism.

Terrill said the bill will prevent the state from being compelled to provide taxpayer-funded services in any language other than English.

House Joint Resolution 1042 passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives on a 66-32 vote today. It now proceeds to the state Senate.

Lawmakers Unanimously Vote to Deport Criminal Illegal Aliens from State Prisons

Illegal aliens in state prisons could soon face federal deportation, saving the state of Oklahoma millions of dollars.

House Bill 2245, by state Rep. Randy Terrill, would allow the Department of Corrections to send illegal alien inmates to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The bill’s provisions apply only to criminals who are incarcerated for nonviolent crimes who have served at least half their sentence in state prison.

“The Illegal Alien Rapid Repatriation Act will shift the financial burden of imprisoning these criminals from the state to the federal government where it belongs,” said Terrill, R-Moore. “The immediate cost savings for the state would be more than $3 million.”

There are 166 offenders currently in state prisons that would be immediately eligible for transfer to federal facilities. The state currently pays about $20,000 per year to house each inmate, meaning the immediate annual cost savings would be more than $3 million.

Under the bill, the federal government would pay to house those offenders until they are processed for deportation.

“I think the bill is a good mechanism to relieve some of the state cost burden for holding short-term, non-violent deportable detainees,” said Justin Jones, director of the state Department of Corrections. “At the same time, this will not compromise public safety.”

Jones noted federal immigration officials currently wait to pick up inmates for deportation until they have completed their entire sentence.

There are currently 511 illegal aliens in state prisons with 69 percent of those criminals eligible for the proposed deportation program. (The other 157 are incarcerated for violent crimes and are therefore ineligible.)
In addition to the 166 inmates immediately eligible for deportation under the bill, another 188 illegal alien inmates should be eligible by the end of the next fiscal year.

Under the bill, any inmate shifted to federal custody who later illegally re-enters Oklahoma after his release would be required to serve the remainder of his state sentence in an Oklahoma prison, in addition to facing 20 years for immigration violations under federal law.

A similar law has been approved in Arizona with “much success,” Terrill noted.

“This is a common-sense approach to dealing with criminal illegal aliens,” Terrill said. “These criminals are in Oklahoma because of the failure of the federal government, so it’s only right that the feds share in the cost of their incarceration and facilitate their rapid deportation.”

House Bill 2245 passed unanimously out of the House Appropriations and Budget Subcommittee on Judiciary and Public Safety today. It now goes to the full House Appropriations and Budget Committee and then to the House floor.

First illegal immigrate arrests made in the state

Illegal immigration was discussed in the national media for much of the year and the Oklahoma legislature passed House Bill1804 in 2007.

HB 1804 is known as the Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act of 2007, which takes a hard stance on immigration.

The new law restricts the ability of illegal immigrants to obtain legal government identification or public assistance. It also gives police the authority to enforce federal immigration laws. The law also makes it illegal for U.S. citizens to knowingly provide shelter, transportation or employment to illegal immigrants.

After a citizen called the sheriff’s office complaining about suspected illegal immigrants near his home, Sequoyah County Undersheriff Roy Coleman contacted Deputy Greg Cox, who went to the scene and discovered that none of the men spoke English well and only two had identification.

Cox contacted John Bennett, illegal immigration liaison officer with District 27 Drug Task Force and the Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Office, to come to the scene.

After researching the suspects’ backgrounds, the officers discovered that all the suspects’ state identifications, which were from various states, were fake, Bennett said.

“Every one of them came back illegal,” Bennett said, noting that all the documents looked real. The men had Social Security cards with real numbers, but they didn’t belong to the men. Two of the men had previously been deported, and had criminal histories. One had been previously charged with driving under the influence (DUI) and assault, while the other had been charged with DUI and manslaughter.

The illegal immigrants were detained and later charged and convicted - making Sequoyah County the first in the state to charge someone according to this particular state law. The county was not reimbursed for the suspect’s stay in jail while waiting deportation.

At a meeting in Carol Helm with Immigration Reform for Oklahoma Now (IRON), a citizens grassroots group from Jenks, presented officers and others with plaques in honor of their efforts in a recent case in which eight illegal immigrants were arrested and deported. Helm said IRON has about 2,000 members in Oklahoma, pushed for House Bill 1804.

A grassroots immigration reform group honored law enforcement, jail personal and the district attorney’s office for their part in an illegal immigration case - the first in the state that stemmed from new state immigration legislation.

Helm recognized the Sequoyah County Sheriff, Deputies, Jailers, the Judge, and prosecutors for their part in the case.

“You all will be the poster child for the rest of the state,” Helm said.

WTF: Cole requests pardon for border agents who shot illegal immigrant

Rep. Tom Cole (Moore, OK-4) is asking President Bush to issue pardons for two border patrol agents who were convicted of shooting an illegal immigrant.

Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos were both sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for the shooting of admitted drug dealer Osvaldo Aldrete Davila in the buttocks.

The agents said they thought Davila was armed.

What going on ?

Maybe Tommy Cole is looking at running for Oklahoma Governor in 2010, and know that He is on the WRONG SIDE of HB 1804 and Illegal Immigration !

And Tommy know that the Voter of Oklahoma still back HB 1804 by 77% !

And a "OU Hat Tip to my Buddy Bill @ ARRA, for this post BOOMER SOONER BILL !

It's Time to Pardon the Border Guards

Eagle Forum: The end of President Bush's final term is quickly approaching. Less than two months remain until he hands over the White House keys to Barack Obama, but we cannot let him leave office without resolving one very important issue: he must commute the prison sentences of convicted U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean!

Not only do we now know that the agents did not get a fair trial and that the prosecution's case was based on the word and testimony of an illegal drug smuggler, but the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld their mandatory minimum 10-year prison sentences for "discharging a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence." This law, Section 924(c) of the U.S. Code, has always been interpreted to apply to criminals, not law enforcement officers engaged in their official duties.

Every U.S. citizen has the right to self defense, especially those serving in harm's way.

The severity of these charges and the harshness of the punishment are totally disproportionate to the violation in question. Even the illegal drug smuggler, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, was sentenced to less prison time than our fellow American border guards! Most recently, on November 14, 2008, U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, whose office prosecuted the border guards, stated "I have always said that the punishment in this case was harsh."

Although the families of agents Ramos and Compean plan to appeal their cases to the U.S. Supreme Court, there is no guarantee that the High Court will agree to hear it. There is the possibility that the Fifth Circuit may rehear the case in front of all 17 judges at a later date, but the fastest and most effective way to free the border guards would be with a presidential pardon or a commutation of their prison sentences to time served.

It has been said that a pardon or commutation will not be considered until all legal avenues have been exhausted, but the President has the presidential prerogative, as granted to him in Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, to pardon or commute the sentences of any convicted person for any reason or for no reason. The time to act is now!

1) Please begin to flood the White House phone lines with calls asking President George W. Bush to pardon or commute the prison sentences of Ramos and Compean before he leaves office. White House Opinion Line: 1(800) 671-7887 toll-free or (202) 456-6213 Comments to the President: (202) 456-1111

2) Call and mail letters to the United States Pardon Attorney explaining why the border guards deserve to have their prison sentences commuted!

All requests for executive clemency for federal offenses are directed to the Pardon Attorney for investigation and review. It is important that you make the Pardon Attorney aware that the border guards have the full support of the American people. Mail letters to: Mr. Ronald L. Rodgers, Office of the Pardon Attorney, 1425 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 11000, Washington, D.C. 20530 or Call: (202) 616-6070

Lesbian to battle parts of HB 1804

The National Center for Lesbian Rights have joined the battle to parts of Oklahoma's illegal-immigration bill (H.B. 1804).

In support of arguments made by the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma state and national chambers of commerce, The National Center for Lesbian Rights have submitted arguments to the federal appeals court in Denver against employment-related parts of House Bill 1804.

Oklahoma officials have asked the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to restore the provisions U.S. District Judge Robin Cauthron in Oklahoma City ruled in June are pre-empted by federal law.

The National Center for Lesbian Rights opposition to the employment provisions of HB 1804 comes through a federation known as Change to Win. It describes its purposes as promoting fairness at work; ensuring equal opportunity and rights regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, ability, gender identity, national origin and immigration status.

Other group opposition to H.B. 1804, are organizations like La Raza Centro Legal, Women’s Employment Rights Clinic and Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Norman firm accused of falsifying employee data

A federal tax investigation against a Norman company has resulted in conspiracy charges against the owner and charges of hiring illegal immigrants against the company.

Steve W. Nievar, 45, owner of A-1 Electric Heat and Air in Norman, was charged last week with a conspiracy count that carries up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

Nievar under-reported A-1's payroll by handing out separate checks for regular and overtime pay, according to court papers. Only the regular wages were reported to the Internal Revenue Service.

A-1 failed to report more than $527,000 in overtime wages paid to its workers between January 2000 and February 2004, according to court papers. The company owes about $200,000 to the IRS.

A-1 Electric Heat and Air is accused of hiring illegal immigrants it encouraged to come to the United States, an allegation that came to light during the tax investigation. The company faces a fine of up to $500,000 if convicted.

A-1's director of operations, Virginia Hudson, was charged Aug. 29 with failing to report the company's practice of hiring illegal immigrants over the past five years. She pleaded guilty Sept. 22 to the felony charge that could land her in prison for up to three years.

Hudson, who is awaiting sentencing, admitted she accepted false Social Security cards from illegal immigrants hired by the company since May 2003. Most of those immigrants came from Mexico, she said.

Hudson was one of several A-1 employees interviewed by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents on May 29 after they served a search warrant at the company. Five illegal immigrants were arrested, and investigators seized payroll and hiring records.

Attorney Richard Mullins, who is representing Nievar and his company, declined to comment on either case Monday.

Terrill to Receive Award for Real Immigration Reform

State Rep. Randy Terrill has been named a winner of the Federation for American Immigration Reform's "We the People" Award.

The award is granted to "people whose efforts have demonstrated exceptional service to the immigration reform movement." Terrill will receive the award in recognition of his work as author of one of the most meaningful state-level immigration reform laws in the country.

"The Federation for American Immigration Reform has been successfully holding the line in Washington by preventing amnesty for illegal aliens," said Terrill, R-Moore. "House Bill 1804 has become a model not only for other states but for the nation as well. On behalf of the citizens of House District 53 and the taxpayers of the state of Oklahoma, it's an honor to be recognized for that work."

Terrill will be presented the award at a banquet tonight in Washington, D.C. The Federation for American Immigration Reform is conducting its annual "Hold Their Feet to the Fire" rally this week to encourage Congress to secure the border first and oppose amnesty for illegal aliens.

Approximately 50 radio and television program officials are in attendance at the event.

Terrill is one of three recipients of the "We the People" Award this year.

The other honorees are CNN anchor Lou Dobbs and Dr. Rodney Hunt, founder of the Mississippi Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement.

Highlights of getting HB 1804
pass and sign !

Republican Platform of Iowa back Oklahoma HB 1804 and "Official English"

Republican Platform of Iowa
2008 Report of the Committee on Platform

9. Immigration and Homeland Security

We believe that Congress should establish an immigration policy that furthers the cultural, social, and economic interests of the United States, and that a sound immigration policy coupled with vigorous enforcement of immigration laws is essential to securing our homeland.

9.1. We believe only United States citizens or legal immigrants are entitled to constitutional protections or government services.

9.2. We support empowering local and state governments in cooperation with federal agencies in identifying and processing illegal immigrants.

9.3. We call for English to be designated as the official language of the United States.

9.4. We believe English should be the official language of both the State of Iowa and the federal governments.

9.5. We propose heavy monetary fines against employers and businesses that willfully hire illegal immigrants. We propose criminal penalties for repeat offenders and willful non-compliance.

9.6. We support an increase in the number of visas for highly educated immigrants or those with special skills.

9.7. Illegal immigrants who commit felonies should be deported.

9.8. There should be a transient worker visa program making it easier for law enforcement to identify legal workers in the United States.

9.9. We insist that the Iowa Legislature follow the lead of the state of Oklahoma which adopted Oklahoma House Bill 1804 which addresses the illegal alien problems dealing with identity theft, terminates public assistance benefits to illegal aliens, empowers state and local police to enforce federal immigration laws, and punishes employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens.

9.10. We call on the Iowa Legislature to enact legislation similar to that of the Legal Arizona Workers’ Act.

9.11. We support the use of the EVerify verification system to confirm immigration status.

9.12. We support building a fence to protect the United States’ borders from illegal immigrants.

9.13. We call for the immediate pardon of border agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean and any other border agents wrongly imprisoned while protecting our United States borders.

9.14. We assert that the Constitution of the United States grants birthright Citizenship only to those children born to a parent or parents who are citizens of the United States and not to those children of visiting foreigners, those here on work visas, or illegal aliens.

9.15. We are opposed to sanctuary cities and/or states, and they should not receive federal funding.

9.16. We believe the census at the end of each decade, which is used to determine representation according to population, should be used only for the reapportionment of current citizens and legal immigrants.

9.17. We believe there should be a death penalty for someone caught and convicted of carrying out a terrorist attack on U.S. soil where there was a death or the intent to cause death.

9.18. We support Section 287(g), Delegation of Immigration Authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act, a joint effort between local, state, and federal agencies to enforce existing laws.

9.19. We oppose driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants.

9.20. We oppose any and all nationally based I.D. systems and call for an immediate repeal of the Real I.D. Act.

9.21. We support a legal test case asserting an interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that children born to illegal immigrants do not automatically become United States Citizens.

9.22. We support the continued use of Guantanamo Prison as long as needed.

Edmondson issues opinion on HB 1804 issue

Attorney General Drew Edmondson said in an opinion issued Thursday that applicants for professional licenses issued by the state must complete an affidavit swearing that they are lawfully present in the United States.

The opinion was in response to a request by Sen. Patrick Anderson, R-Enid, and Rep. Mike Brown, D-Tahlequah, who sought clarification on the recently enacted House Bill 1804, also called the "Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizens Protection Act of 2007," which cracked down on illegal immigration in the state.

The opinion states that a U.S. citizen would be required to complete the affidavit only once unless their status were to change or the person otherwise becomes ineligible for licensure.

However, a "qualified alien" who is lawfully present in the country must complete an affidavit at each renewal.

State agencies or political subdivisions are required to verify the affidavit of "qualified aliens" through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements Program or through an equivalent program designated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

HB 1804 author says signs defaced

Lowlife in Norman...

HB 1804 author says signs defaced

By BARBARA HOBEROCK World Capitol Bureau
7/8/2008

OKLAHOMA CITY — A controversial lawmaker said several of his campaign signs have been defaced with the words "racist" and "bigot."

Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, author of House Bill 1804, a law cracking down on illegal immigrants, said Monday that several dozen of his campaign signs were defaced, primarily in the Norman area.

"It is unfortunate," Terrill said. "It is childish. It is a criminal act. And it is an affront to our electoral process."

Terrill said the 4-foot-square signs — which cost about $25, not including installation and transportation costs — are a means of communication and name identification to voters.

The signs had names scrawled on them, had marks through them or were cut up, Terrill said.

He said he has not filed a police report but plans to do so. Terrill said he has not had time to replace the signs, adding that the damage occurred recently.

"I don't know who is doing this, but is very likely, from all indications, someone who is opposed to the bill I offered cracking down on illegal immigration and (making) English as the official language."

Terrill's bill to make English the state's official language died in the Senate earlier this year.

Terrill's signs also were defaced in the last election cycle, he said. He said he has received restitution for the signs that were defaced.

Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Gary Jones said vandalism to campaign signs happens but is not prevalent.

Jones said he advises candidates to replace the signs and file a police report.

Jones is no stranger to shenanigans during an election. He had a campaign trailer stolen when he was running for the state auditor and inspector's post in 2006.

Terrill faces Republican Curtis Bruehl of Norman in the July 29 primary election.

Democrats Troy Green of Oklahoma City and Charles Barnes of Norman also are seeking the post.

Terrill: Bush decree undermines ruling

Terrill:

Bush decree undermines ruling
Marie Price
The Journal Record June 12, 2008

OKLAHOMA CITY – The principal author of Oklahoma’s immigration law thinks a new executive order issued by President Bush undermines last week’s federal court order temporarily blocking enforcement of parts of the law.

An official with the National Chamber Litigation Center, representing one of the plaintiff groups challenging the law, disagrees.

State Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, issued a statement Tuesday saying that Bush’s order requires anyone contracting with the federal government to use the E-Verify system to check on the work status of employees.

“Judge (Robin) Cauthron claimed federal law does not allow the use of E-Verify to ensure an employee is a legal citizen or resident of the United States, but now President Bush has ordered federal officials to use the system for that explicit purpose,” Terrill said. “It’s clear the judge’s decision was based on an incorrect reading of the law.”

Not so, says Robin Conrad, executive vice president of the Washington, D.C.-based chamber litigation center.

The executive order in no way undermines the court order, “which properly recognized the ‘substantial likelihood’ that HB 1804 is pre-empted by federal law,” Conrad said Wednesday in an e-mailed reply to Terrill’s contention.

“As the court correctly held, federal law expressly prevents states from acting in this domain,” Conrad said.

The president’s order relates only to the ability of the federal government to mandate use of the Basic Pilot program by its own contractors, “but says nothing whatsoever to suggest that states may do so,” she added.

Conrad also said that the executive order is only the first step in a lengthy administrative process.

“There are serious doubts about its legality,” she said, “and, at the end of the day, it is for the federal courts to interpret federal law, not the executive branch.”

Last week, U.S. District Judge Robin Cauthron issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of certain portions of the state immigration law that are scheduled to take effect July 1.

The Chamber of Commerce of the United States and several Oklahoma chamber and business groups are challenging those sections’ legality.

Some challenged language requires businesses to verify the work-authorization status of independent contractors or be required to withhold state income taxes at the top marginal rate.

Another section under challenge requires contractors who want to do business with the state to participate in a status-verification system for new hires.

Other parts of the law have been in effect since November of last year.
Terrill said that Cauthron’s ruling is inconsistent with decisions from other jurisdictions.

“Now President Bush’s executive order makes it obvious the judge’s ruling was wrong and should be overturned,” the lawmaker said.

Judge's 1804 Ruling Undermined by Presidential Executive Order

A judicial ruling to halt implementation of the private employer provisions of House Bill 1804, the state's omnibus anti-illegal immigration law, was undermined this week by a presidential executive order, state Rep. Randy Terrill noted today.

"It was clear from the very beginning that Judge Cauthron's ruling was inconsistent with recent decisions in other similar cases, most notably in Missouri and Arizona," said Terrill, a Moore Republican who authored House Bill 1804. "Now Present Bush's executive order makes it obvious the judge's ruling was wrong and should be overturned."

Last week, Judge Robin Cauthron issued a ruling that prevents implementation of the private employer provisions of House Bill 1804.

Those provisions would have required employers contracting with the state government to verify that their employees are not illegal aliens by using a simple federal database (E-Verify), allowed Oklahoma citizens
to sue an employer who fired them while retaining an illegal alien to perform the same job, and required businesses to check the citizenship status of independent contractors.

In that ruling, Cauthron claimed "federal law prohibits use of the Status Verification Systems to verify employment eligibility."

That claim was contradicted this week by President George W. Bush when he issued Executive Order 12829, which requires anyone contracting with the federal government to use the E-verify system.

Bush's order stated, "It is the policy of the executive branch to enforce fully the immigration laws of the United States, including the detection and removal of illegal aliens and the imposition of legal sanctions against employers that hire illegal aliens" and noted that E-verify "provides the best available means to confirm the identity and work eligibility of all employees that join the Federal workforce."

"Judge Cauthron claimed federal law does not allow the use of E-Verify to ensure an employee is a legal citizen or resident of the United States, but now President Bush has ordered federal officials to use the system for that explicit purpose," Terrill said. "It's clear the judge's decision was based on an incorrect reading of the law."

Terrill noted that other complaints of House Bill 1804 opponents are also falling apart.

Although business groups claim E-Verify is burdensome for employers, Stewart Baker, an assistant secretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, recently wrote, "In fact, it's a bit less burdensome than ordering books for the first time from Amazon.com."

In articles posted on the agency's "Leadership Journal", Baker dismantled many of the claims of E-Verify critics.

To use E-Verify, he noted the employer must enter data about a new hire such as name, social security number, date of birth, and other data that employers already record on federal forms.

"Anyone who has seen it done once can do it, and the process takes a few minutes," Baker wrote. "Understanding the rules that go with the process requires a bit of online training, but that takes at most an hour or two.

Plus, E-Verify makes it unlikely that a company will get a Social Security Administration notice at the end of the year indicating that some of its new hires have Social Security Numbers that don't match their names. So time spent now on verification will save hassles later."

"One by one, the criticisms of House Bill 1804 are being dismantled and it's becoming clear opponents of the law have just one goal - the continued exploitation of cheap illegal alien slave labor to drive down the wages paid to Oklahoma citizens," Terrill said. "Oklahoma can do better and we will when Judge Cauthron's poorly reasoned decision is overturned."

Terrill fried Rice on Misleading Oklahoma Voters on Immigration Record

Rice Misleading Oklahoma
Voters on Immigration Record

Randy Terrill says Rice not Instrumental in Passage

Contrary to his latest claims, State Senator Andrew Rice was not key in the passage of Oklahoma’s immigration reform law, according to the bill’s author and Oklahoma Victory 2008. In a radio ad titled “Faith,” Rice claims “I helped pass the toughest immigration reform law in the country.”

According to State Rep. Randy Terrill (R-Moore), author of HB 1804, “Senator Rice was not actively involved in the negotiations of HB 1804 nor was he instrumental in the bill’s passage. Furthermore, Senator Rice voted to gut a bill establishing English as the state’s official language, which should give Oklahomans an idea where he really stands on meaningful immigration reform.”

On May 7, 2008, Senator Rice and his Senate Democrat colleagues passed substitute language to Terrill’s English-only bill, thereby sending it back to a conference committee and essentially killing the bill.
http://newsok.com/article/keyword/3240527/

“Rice indeed voted for the final passage of HB 1804, but it’s disingenuous for him to take credit for helping pass the toughest immigration reform law in the country,” said Oklahoma Victory Director Matt Pinnell. “Senator Rice talks a big game about bipartisanship, but when it comes to the tough issues that Oklahomans feel strongly about, like making English our state's official language, Rice tows the party line.”

Randy Terrill on Lou Dobbs, and Ed Kelly Hair LOL

Lawmaker Praises Ed Kelley’s Brilliant Analysis,
“Awesome Hair”
(Parody)

OKLAHOMA CITY – A state lawmaker today praised Ed Kelley, editor of The Oklahoman, for providing “the kind of analysis you won’t get anywhere else, ever. Seriously. You’re not going to hear anyone else say the stuff he does, not even on YouTube, a chat board, or scrawled on a bathroom wall.”

“Just because a man apparently spends most of his waking hours filming ‘video commentaries’ like a high-tech Ted Kaczynski updating his manifesto, some people are inclined to dismiss his statements as ‘rants’ or ‘early stage Alzheimer’s,’” said state Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore. “But not me. You’ve got to give it up for a guy with such awesome helmet hair.”

In a recent video commentary posted at newsok.com, Kelley and his unmoving hair said expanded welfare benefits “make sense for any woman” whether she’s an illegal immigrant or a resident of the super-wealthy suburb of Nichols Hills.

“Critics might think folks living in million-dollar Nichols Hills mansions should pay for their own health care, but those people clearly aren’t giving Ed Kelley’s awesome hair the respect it deserves,” Terrill said. “A man whose hairdo doesn’t give in to gravity, wind or other forces of nature cannot be held to the standards of ‘logic’ and ‘reason.’”

In another video, Kelley criticized thousands of Oklahoma citizens and church leaders for rallying at the state Capitol in support of state Rep. Sally Kern and in opposition to radical homosexual activists. In that commentary, Kelley also complained that Terrill “rammed” an omnibus anti-illegal immigration law “down the throats” of Oklahomans. That legislation, House Bill 1804, passed the Legislature with 125 votes in support and just 20 opposed.

“Some people – we call them ‘voters’ at the Capitol – see the overwhelming passage of a bill that continues to receive 80-plus percent support in polls as lawmakers responding to the will of the people,” Terrill said. “It took Ed Kelley and his hair to uncover the massive conspiracy, and he should be commended for it.”

In that same commentary, Kelley complained that lawmakers were wasting time on legislation that doesn’t amount to “a hill of beans,” such as the wildly popular proposal to make English the official language of state government.

Those interested in truly important issues can view Kelley’s commentaries alongside NewsOk videos, such as one on how to get “The Perfect Eyebrows” and a chat with an elephant trainer.

Terrill noted Kelley’s videos combine solid production values with a “crazy uncle locked in the attic aesthetic” that is only slightly destroyed by the off-frame sounds of cameramen apparently nodding off while Kelley drones on.

Terrill said Kelley has the potential to become “an Internet superstar, maybe as big as the fat dude who wears the Tron suit.”

“Just look at the guy’s schoolmarm glasses – that’s the sure sign he’s an ‘intellectual,” Terrill said. “If only Ed’s videos were seen by a larger audience than his family and Oklahoman employees who are contractually obligated to watch.”

Those interested can view Kelley’s “truly unique analysis, awesome hair and intimidating eyewear.”

IMMIGRATION ARREST - Honduran nationals taken into custody

OWASSO - Five Honduran nationals were arrested and taken into custody, Sunday at about 4:45 p.m. for immigration violations.

Immigrations and Customs Agent Van Stephens ordered the arrest.

No other information has been made available.

Oklahoma has the nation's toughest immigration laws. Lawmakers put in place HB 1804 last year.

While immigration enforcement has been the task of federal authorities, Tulsa County Sheriff's Department officers have received training on making arrests for being in the United States illegally.

HB 1804 also made it illegal for anyone to knowingly assist or provide help to someone who is in the country illegally.