Article 6HZ7M Outrage as Oklahoma Republican’s bill labels Hispanic people ‘terrorists’

Outrage as Oklahoma Republican’s bill labels Hispanic people ‘terrorists’

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Erum Salam
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Lawmaker JJ Humphrey seeks punishments for acts of terrorism' and defines terrorist as any person who is of Hispanic descent'

An Oklahoma lawmaker is facing backlash for proposing a discriminatory bill that deems people of Hispanic descent as terrorists".

The Republican state representative JJ Humphrey introduced the bill, HB 3133, which seeks to combat problems in the state, such as drug and human trafficking, and lay out punishments to those who have committed these acts of terrorism".

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