Report: State and Local Governments Spent $5.6 Million on Lawyers for Illegal Immigrants

At least $5.6 million in state and local taxpayer funds will be used to bankroll lawyers for illegal immigrants fighting deportation this year, according to an immigration reform group report released on Tuesday. Following a review of local and city governments that partnered with a group that seeks to provide counsel to noncitizens, the Immigration Reform Law Institute found that at least $5.6 million in taxpayer funds from state and local communities was earmarked for these deportation defense programs, which it described as "a conservative estimate [that] does not include numerous other localities that fund their own independent anti-deportation programs."-- More...