Colorado: A Model for the Nation

Katherine Mangu-Ward | January 29, 2007

A report on Colorado's bold new tactics for dealing with illegal immigration from the Denver Post:

Colorado's new law banning state spending on illegal immigrants has cost more than $2 million to enforce - and has saved the state nothing.

Less than a year after politically charged debates on illegal immigration, officials are reporting high costs, no savings and unexpected problems with the new laws....

Eighteen departments reported adding $2.03 million in costs while not saving any money. None of the departments could say how many, if any, illegal immigrants were being denied state-funded services.

For more on losing anti-immigration strategies, go here and here.

Via the WSJ's Best of the Web.