Guess they just won't give up...


TULSA (AP) - A new legal challenge has been filed to a law that would crack down on illegal immigration in Oklahoma.

A federal lawsuit challenging the law — which is set to go into effect Nov. 1 — was refiled Thursday in federal court with additional plaintiffs who say they are facing eviction because of the measure. The plaintiffs are the National Coalition of Latino Clergy, two churches, a restaurant group and several anonymous individuals.


Considered one of the toughest in the nation, House Bill 1804 creates barriers for undocumented immigrants to receive public benefits and jobs.

It also makes it illegal to transport or harbor illegal immigrants, making violations a felony punishable by a minimum of one year in prison or a $1,000 fine.

Monday, U.S. District Judge James H. Payne dismissed the plaintiff's first lawsuit, saying the law could not be challenged because they could not show that it had damaged them.

The author of the legislation, Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, said Thursday he was not surprised by the refiling, and added he was "99.9 percent certain" the bill would withstand any legal challenge.

"We're talking about a group of people who have been judge shopping for the last five months in order to find someone sympathetic to their cause," Terrill said.

Last month, five Democratic state lawmakers asked Attorney General Drew Edmondson to clarify several provisions of the measure.

Because there were about two-dozen questions, an opinion from the office appears unlikely before Nov. 1.

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