Illegal immigration laws costly to enforce

I missed this story from December 30 of last year. Illegal immigration laws are costing taxpayers more than they're saving. The Rocky Mountain News reports:

The state will find it extremely difficult to recover the millions it spends to enforce illegal-immigration laws without congressional action...

And now the GOP is agreeing with Governor-elect Bill Ritter's long-time assertion that illegal immigration is predominantly a federal problem. The Rocky quotes Republican attorney general John Suthers:

"The best solution to the problem caused by illegal immigration is for the federal government to enforce existing immigration laws, pass stronger immigration laws and to reduce the number of illegal immigrants allowed to enter and stay in the United States," Suthers said in the report.