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Published: October 18, 2007
High road: Ugly words mar immigration debate
The Oklahoman Editorial
P ROPONENTS of the state's new immigration reform law are counting the days until it officially becomes a state statute on Nov. 1. But they may be counting for a lot longer after a promised legal challenge to quash the law or at least postpone its enforcement was filed in federal court this week.

Unfortunately, opponents of the law refused to bite their tongues and let the legal claims speak for themselves. Instead, ...

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