Politicians talk a lot about the nation’s “broken immigration system.” Usually they mean we don’t let in enough immigrants to keep the narrow special interests that dominate Washington politics happy. What you don’t hear them talk about is the effects the broken system is having on the localities where immigrants settle, particularly the strains that immigration, more especially illegal immigration, has on the nation’s public school system. A new report from FAIR reveals that in the D.C. metro area alone, the cost of educating children who are limited English proficient (LEP) runs to $2.4 billion.

Cost In Translation: English Language Education in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area breaks down the cost of LEP education in Washington, D.C. and six Maryland and Virginia school districts. These costs will only increase as the Obama administration circumvents the law to allow millions of illegal aliens to settle permanently in the U.S.

Among Cost in Translation’s key findings: