EXCLUSIVE — Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) blasted the Biden administration for suing Oklahoma ahead of the implementation of a new law that would allow nonfederal police to arrest illegal immigrants.
Lankford sent Attorney General Merrick Garland a letter Thursday that labeled the Department of Justice as “hypocritical” for attempting to halt the state’s immigration enforcement efforts — a law the senator said state leaders passed because of federal inaction to secure the border 3 1/2 years into the illegal immigration crisis.
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