As the November election approaches, Americans are paying increasing attention to the Biden-Harris administration's open borders policies and the costs of those policies to our country. Historically, it was border states where the impact of illegal immigration was most keenly felt. Not anymore. Today, the crises are everywhere.

Springfield, Ohio -- population 58,000 -- has been forced to absorb 20,000 Haitians in just a few years since President Joe Biden and Vice President (and "border czar") Kamala Harris decided to give Haitians "temporary protected status." Springfield Mayor Rob Rue says the city is "saturated" and has been unable to plan for or accommodate the influx of so many immigrants. Government services are stretched to the breaking point, there is a housing shortage, 2,000 of Springfield's 7,000 public school students do not speak English, and the school district does not have English as a Second Language programs, leaving teachers unprepared and overwhelmed. Private organizations are also challenged; Springfield's hospitals are spending up to $50,000 a month on translation services for Haitian patients.

But the expenses of Springfield, Ohio, are dwarfed by those of our larger cities and more populated states.

Chicago, for example, has spent $400 million on illegal immigrants over the past two years; most of that money, according to reports, is going to private companies getting big bucks to provide migrant housing.........

© Townhall