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Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-20j: Enforcement of federal immigration and customs laws -

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  1. OK Code
  2. Title 74

Memorandum of Understanding - Limitation of exchange of information

regarding immigration status prohibited - Private right of action.

A. The Attorney General is authorized and directed to negotiate

the terms of a Memorandum of Understanding between the State of

Oklahoma and the United States Department of Justice or the United

States Department of Homeland Security, as provided by Section

1357(g) of Title 8 of the United States Code, concerning the

enforcement of federal immigration and customs laws, detention and

removals, and investigations in the State of Oklahoma.

B. The Memorandum of Understanding negotiated pursuant to

subsection A of this section shall be signed on behalf of this state

by the Attorney General and the Governor or as otherwise required by

the appropriate federal agency.

C. No local government, whether acting through its governing

body or by an initiative, referendum, or any other process, shall

enact any ordinance or policy that limits or prohibits a law

enforcement officer, local official, or local government employee

from communicating or cooperating with federal officials with regard

to the immigration status of any person within this state.

D. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no government

entity or official within the State of Oklahoma may prohibit, or in

any way restrict, any government entity or official from sending to,

or receiving from, the United States Department of Homeland

Security, information regarding the citizenship or immigration

status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual.

E. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person or

agency may prohibit, or in any way restrict, a public employee from

doing any of the following with respect to information regarding the

immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual:

1. Sending such information to, or requesting or receiving such

information from, the United States Department of Homeland Security;

2. Maintaining such information; or

3. Exchanging such information with any other federal, state,

or local government entity.

F. The provisions of this section shall allow for a private

right of action by any natural or legal person lawfully domiciled in

this state to file for a writ of mandamus to compel any

noncooperating local or state governmental agency to comply with

such reporting laws.

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