Department of Public Safety Commissioner Tim Tipton will address the public on Tuesday regarding the State of Oklahoma's new agreement with Homeland Security to enforce immigration laws.

Oklahoma Department of Public Safety Commissioner Tim Tipton addressed the public Tuesday, answering questions for the first time about the state's new agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to enforce immigration laws.

State agents and troopers in Oklahoma are set to receive training to assist federal immigration officials, following a newly-approved agreement between the stat

The State of Oklahoma will partner with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enhance immigration enforcement, allowing state officers to detain undocumented criminals. News 9's Lisa Monahan has more.

House Bill 1362 would allow an undocumented immigrant to be arrested and charged with a felony punishable by five years in prison or deportation.

About 50 Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers and state drug agents will train for about a week on the process of identifying and detaining illegal immigrants wanted for criminal activities.

Quakers, Baptists and Sikhs filed a lawsuit opposed to Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions at places of worship, which have been off limits.

The agreements allow local police officers to interrogate and arrest without a warrant any person believed to be in the U.S. illegally, among other privileges

Gov. Youngkin's executive order requires state police to sign a task force agreement with ICE and local jails to cooperate with the task force.

Oklahoma Department of Public Safety ... allows specially trained state officers to work alongside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to identify, arrest and deport undocumented ...