Proposed Oklahoma bill would single out Hispanic gang members as 'terrorists'
An Oklahoma bill has stirred controversy in the state Legislature for seeking to label Hispanic people, in particular, who may be gang members, as terrorists.
The bill, written by Republican state Rep. J.J. Humphrey, proposes that any person who “is of Hispanic descent living within the state of Oklahoma,” is a member of a gang and has been convicted of “gang-related offenses” would be deemed a terrorist. No other racial or ethnic group is singled out in the legislation.
Humphrey said the aim of the bill is to target cartel members bringing fentanyl and other illicit drugs into the United States through the southern border.
“What I’m asking for in this bill is to protect our state, protect the United States against what’s going on, on the border,” Humphrey told KFOR, NBC’s Oklahoma affiliate.
Humphrey has also said that “Chinese nationals” are contributing to the fentanyl crisis, but did not explicitly mention that group in the bill. There were 3,547 unintentional drug overdose deaths in the state between 2017 to 2021, according to data from the Oklahoma State Department of Health. Fentanyl was involved in 579 of those deaths.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/oklahoma-house-bill-terrorist-hispanic-gang-lawmakers-rcna134534
And Okies continue to Okie.....
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