Tulsa deputies are the first in the state to begin working on the problem of illegal immigration. Today, those deputies began cross training so they can act as Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, allowing them to arrest and detail illegal immigrants who end up in jail. For the next five weeks, deputies and detention officers will undergo special training. After that, they will be able to work with U.S. Customs to be able to identify illegal immigrants who commit crimes and get them deported.

There are 38 officers in the training class. Some are from out of state, but most are Tulsa County deputies and detention officers. Oklahoma now joins of a growing list of middle America states who want to put an end to crimes caused by illegal immigrants.

The effects of those crimes are seen every day in the jail.

"We see the effects of gangs, we see the effects of illegal immigrants, we see the effects of drugs, we see the effects of methamphetamines," says Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz.

"We want to go after the criminal element that we have in this community," adds Congressman John Sullivan. "People that commit crimes, drug trafficking, murder, rape, DUI, carrying a concealed weapon."

Homebuilders say their workers fear they will be the targets of the new immigration program.

"Sitting here today I understand it's about rounding up criminals, and illegals," says Paul Kane. "But, the Hispanics are fleeing Oklahoma because they think an anti-Hispanic environment is being created."

The bottom line is, if you're an illegal immigrant in the Tulsa County area and you commit a crime and end up in the jail, you are in trouble. And, you will be deported.

The newly-trained officers will be on the job during the first week in October. Oklahoma's new illegal immigration law goes into effect in November.