A spokeswoman for a group fighting Oklahoma's new law preventing illegal immigrants from getting drivers licences and benefits not required by federal law, gives local police powers to check immigration status and will require employers to check all new staff through a national database:
This is not just something that has the undocumented fearful. This is really creating an adversarial environment for Latinos. Some time in the future, we're going to look back in shame. And even more shame that Oklahoma was the leader.
The law also makes it a crime for US citizens to provide shelter, transportation or employment to illegal immigrants.
