Thousands of Tulsa families are now packing up and moving out in light of Oklahoma's new immigration law. Police and deputies can ask about citizenship when a person is arrested and if someone can't prove it, that person can be deported. We spoke with one family that says it's leaving Tulsa next week. Illegal immigration has been in the spotlight now for months. Recently, you may have seen billboards, vigils, rallies and lawsuits. Now, you're seeing an exodus. Thousands of families are leaving because they don't want to get deported.

"My husband was thinking about going back to Mexico, but this is my country. I have been here forever, you know."

Too afraid to show her face, Maria tells us how in just two days, her life has been turned upside down.

"I know they're not kicking me out," she says. "But, I am having to leave because that's what they want us to do."

Maria's parents brought her to the U.S. when she was nine-years-old. She met her husband in California and together, they moved to Tulsa. They got good jobs, had three children and recently moved into a home. They have lived in Tulsa for ten years. But, last night, Maria's husband told her, they're leaving.

"He said we got to leave really quick tomorrow because I am scared to drive. I am going to get pulled over and get deported."

Like thousands of Tulsa families, Maria and her husband fear police will ask if they're citizens. House Bill 1804 gives officers that authority, and even though police say they will only question criminals, Maria worries innocent families like hers will also be targeted.

"I am afraid to go to the store because I have heard so many stories of getting asked for your papers," Maria says.

Maria has been trying to become a citizen since she moved here.

"They're like go get legal, but it's not just go get legal. It's not like you can make a line and they'll give it to you."

Now Maria feels she has no other choice but to leave Tulsa.

"Where I am going? I can't take nothing, you know."

She and her husband quit their jobs, gave their dog to the neighbors, and explained to their kids, they have one more week of school.

"Upset because you know, I have never harmed anybody. I have never been in trouble. I have never gotten a traffic ticket."

A side of the story, you don't hear much about, because too many people are afraid to talk about it.

Maria isn't alone. State leaders estimate there are between 100-thousand and 250-thousand illegal immigrants in Oklahoma. Many of those people are leaving.