By The Associated Press
Latino groups are praising a federal judge's decision to block enforcement of parts of a state law that targets illegal immigrants.

The Rev. Victor Orta of the Coalition of Latin American Ministers said Monday that momentum against the law, House Bill 1804, is building. Orta says the law sends a negative message that immigrants aren't wanted in Oklahoma.



Franco Cevallos of the Hispanic Action Coalition says Latino workers are good for the state's economy. Without them, Cevallos says, building projects have been slowed or stopped and stores have closed.

On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Robin J. Cauthron issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of provisions of the law that subject employers to penalties for failing to comply with a federal employee verification system.

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