Intimidation Tactics by Muslims Fighting Oklahoma’s Anti-Illegal Immigration Law

Recently, in a post entitled Sharia Advancements in Oklahoma, I updated readers who have been following the new immigration law in Oklahoma, the story about the Iranians who are trying to have state drivers license tests available in Farsi, and Rick Santorum’s work at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. I described how members of the OK Governor’s “Ethnic” (Muslim) Advisory Council who are currently trying to help oust the state representative who authored Oklahoma’s immigration law.

Well, the plot thickens. Following is the updated post on GreenCountryValues.com. I especially encourage you to read the comments, because that’s actually where the “good stuff is.

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…Last week, I wrote about the Gov’s Muslim Advisory Council Members Supporting HB1804 Author’s Opponent in 2008 Primaries. If you missed that, you might want to read it, here, now.

In response to that post, I received the following, via e-mail from a Mr. Payam Sharifi [payam.sharifi@ou.edu], who claims to be a good friend of Jalil Farzaneh, one of the Home Creations owners. As you will see, he disagrees strongly with a few points in my post, regarding the difference between “translation services” v. “accomodations for non-English speakers” as well as “legal action” v. “a federal complaint,” and who is/is not paying for said complaint. Since he has articulated his points clearly, I’ll let him speak for himself, then respond afterward (language warning) [Editing for clarity in brackets]: Read more

Activist OK Judge’s Ruling Contradicted by President Bush

Last week, activist U.S. District Judge Robin J. Cauthron just ruled HB 1804, Oklahoma’s new immigration law, set to go into effect July 1st, “unconstitutional.”

State Rep. Randy Terrill (R-Moore), the author of HB 1804 (pictured, right), responded yesterday, saying 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.

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 on Monday 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. Read more