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By Dara Lind This was originally posted on America's Voice. We know that House Republicans are in denial about the human cost of immigration enforcement and massive deportations. That's why they'd rather kick immigrant families out of their offices than face up to the true consequences of enforcement-only policies. This week, two new developments make it clear that the denial runs deep: Congress isn't even willing to acknowledge the financial cost that enforcement is imposing right now on state and local governments, and the SAFE To Harass Act would (unsurprisingly) just make the problem worse. Immigration enforcement always ends up being more costly to state and local governments than they ever imagine. Alabama's law HB 56 cost an estimated $11 billion to the state's economy.

By Mariel Graeber, ACLU of Florida Legal Intern.Public education “provides the basic tools by which individuals might lead economically productive lives to the benefit of us all.” That’s according to Plyler v. Doe, a 1981 Supreme Court decision holding that undocumented children cannot be stopped from attending public school based on their immigration status. The idea that allowing as many students as possible to enroll in school would benefit our entire community seems simple. But unfortunately, school administrators haven’t followed through.

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