Anti-Immigrant Laws Costing States Fortunes

Your state can’t afford anti-immigrant legislation like Arizona’s.  Neither can Arizona. Among other costs:

• The economic damage stemming from a state being perceived as hostile, including lost tourist revenue and individuals choosing to live elsewhere rather than remain in an unwelcoming environment.

• The burden of implementing these laws, each of which requires significant resources to be deployed by state and local governments to turn local police into immigration officers—to the determinant of their regular law enforcement duties. The laws also force small businesses into costly immigration enforcement through the use of the electronic employment verification system, known as E-Verify, which some states have made mandatory as part of their anti-immigrant agenda.

• The expense of the legal fees associated with defending anti-immigrant legislation from the raft of ensuing lawsuits.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.