In places like Guymon, new law is a challenge

 
By Devona Walker
Published: October 16, 2007

GUYMON — Hispanic immigrants arrived around the same time as the meat processing plant, about 10 years ago.

Now, illegal immigrants account for about half the people in town, said Guymon police Capt. Michael Bab.

For years, law enforcement here has worked with the Department of Homeland Security . If an illegal immigrant is arrested in Guymon on a statewide felony, the local sheriffs department puts in a call...


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