Prince William County’s crackdown on illegals who break the law begins in earnest today. (Let’s not forget that illegal immigrants already broke the law when they entered the country illegally…)
Prince William County is a suburb of Washington D.C.. Naturally, the Washington Post, which never complains about millions in government overspending on hundreds of social programs around the region, is very concerned about how this is going to blow the county’s budget.
While “immigrant rights” groups such as Mexicans Without Borders plan their court challenges, highlighting budget worries has been the media’s preferred means of attacking the measure.
But of course, one of the costs is $3.1 million for installing dashboard cameras in each of the county’s 250 police cruisers so that the county can better defend itself from the inevitable law suits for “racial profiling.” That’s in the first year alone. The county will also be spending more money on “foster care services for children displaced from their parents.”
Read the whole thing here, including the part where County Supervisor Martin E. Nohe (R-Coles) says of Prince William County’s adventure in dealing with illegal immigration:
“We are the national poster child for local government getting involved in immigration. Whatever we do is going to be praised. Whatever we do is going to be criticized. There’s a decent chance we are going to get sued. We can’t screw up.”
