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Oklahoma House passes controversial immigration bill criminalizing ‘impermissible occupation’

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The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed House Bill 4156 on Thursday by a vote of 77-20, which proposes the creation of the criminal act of impermissible occupation, targeting individuals who willfully enter and remain in Oklahoma without legal authorization to be in the United States. Iowa also passed a similar law in March.

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US House committee to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas over US-Mexico border management

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The hearing was initiated by House Republicans who accused Mayorkas of failing to follow immigration law and of violating the public trust as border crossings have reached record levels. He blames the high 10,000 border encounters a day as a direct result of Mayorkas’ refusal to enforce the laws of Congress.

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High Court Rejects Double Jeopardy Claim in Tribal Justice

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“If the courts of Puerto Rico are properly classified as federal under our case law, it defies the imagination to think administrative tribunals hatched by the Department of the Interior could be treated differently,” Gorsuch wrote. Justices heard arguments in Oklahoma v. Understanding American Indian Policy.

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New York legislature votes to abolish adultery law from 1907

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New York’s Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to repeal a largely unused law from 1907 that made adultery a criminal offense. Senate Bill S8744 repeals New York Penal Law Section 255.17. ” The law stated that the offense was a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to three months imprisonment.

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Civil rights groups sue Iowa officials to stop immigration law from going into effect

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Civil rights groups filed a complaint on Thursday against Iowa state officials to stop the state’s recently enacted immigration law from going into effect on July 1. The law makes it a crime for a foreign national to enter Iowa after having been deported from the US in the past, regardless of current immigration status.