Oklahoma attorney general Drew Edmondson says tribes are exempt from most provisions of a new law aimed at preventing businesses from employing immigrants.
House Bill 1804 went into effect in November. It requires businesses to verity the legal status of all of their workers or face penalties.
Business leaders have filed a federal lawsuit to block the law. But representatives of the Cherokee, Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes said the law won't have an effect on their hiring practices.
"There have been no changes in (hiring) policy at Cherokee Nation and our businesses since the passage of the state law," Cherokee Nation spokesperson Mike Miller told The Tulsa World. "We continue our long-standing policy of following the federal I-9 process, which requires proof of U.S. citizenship for all new hires."
The I-9 process requires workers to show proof of their U.S. citizenship or their legal right to work in the U.S.
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