Thread: Nativist Laws Cost Communities Millions, Inflame Racial Tens

Harsh anti-immigrant laws enacted in communities across the country – promoted by national nativist organizations that want to severely limit immigration – have burdened taxpayers with millions in legal expenses, inflamed racial tensions and devastated businesses, according to a report issued today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).

The report – When Mr. Kobach Comes to Town: Nativist Laws & the Communities They Damage – examines the impact of these laws, which have been promoted and defended by former law professor and newly elected Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. Kobach also played a leading role in drafting Arizona’s controversial anti-immigrant statute, S.B. 1070.

The SPLC report was released simultaneously with a report by the Center for American Progress, Unconstitutional and Costly: The High Price of Local Immigration Enforcement, which focuses more specifically on the monetary costs to the communities.

Millions of dollars have been spent by local governments to defend these laws in court, and almost every judicial decision so far has gone against them. One community, faced with skyrocketing legal costs, had to raise property taxes. Another was forced to cut personnel and special events and even outsource its library. Only one had even a small part of its ordinance upheld in the courts.

The four towns and one state examined in this report also saw a crisis in race relations as conflicts between Latino immigrants and mostly white natives escalated. Latinos reported being threatened, shot at, subjected to racial taunts and more. Angry protests and counter-protests have rocked one town after another. Pro-immigrant activists have been threatened with notes that promise to “shed bloodâ€

Nativists? Pretty funny huh? What will they think of next. Indigenous? Apopulist? Nonwetbackinists? Non-latinoists? Europeanists? Angrywhitepeopleists?

It's kind of funny but here in Prince William County VA, not only do we NOT have any of these issues but the VA University put out a 3 year study that said all the points in that article are total BS.

Harsh anti-immigrant laws enacted in communities across the country – promoted by national nativist organizations that want to severely limit immigration – have burdened taxpayers with millions in legal expenses, inflamed racial tensions and devastated businesses, according to a report issued today by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC

Yeah...and I suppose 20 million illegal invaders entering this country in violation of our immigration laws, demanding rights and privileges while waiving the flag of mexico was been wonderful for "racial tensions!"

Amazing they say the cutbacks are due to legislation to crack down on illegals.

When most states and counties and cities and towns in those states are having a hell of a time balancing budgets and it IS NOT OVER cracking down on illegals. It is the economy today and we can thank big banks and politicians for that.

This article is absurd!

They fail to mention what it costs us to care for people who are here illegally and the costs for incarceration of more criminals. but then again all you have to do is look at the web site and yes I said that out loud for those lurkers and trolls

"Harsh anti-immigrant laws "

EXCUSE ME?

I have not seen any anti immigrant laws

The SPLC Is an anti-white race baiting organization whose articles, op-eds and opinions, contain numerous falsehoods and outright blatent lies so that they can push their political agenda(s) They are an extreme left wing hate group masquerading as a legitimate news source with regard to Immigration, (american) hate groups, and so called "home grown terror groups". They are a disgrace to the human race In my humble opinion

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