Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging Oklahoma legislators to act quickly this session to pass a measure allowing state law enforcement to arrest illegal immigrants.

 Drummond’s request comes a day after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to halt a similar Texas law being challenged by the Biden Administration.

Drummond says public safety is his top concern, adding that if the federal government won't do its job, then Oklahoma must do what it can to protect its citizens. He says he wants the state to be prepared in the event that a Supreme Court decision allows states to take action on the matter.