Court interpreters Nebraska's $538K Tower of Babel

Lincoln Journal Star reports that the Nebraska State Court Administrator spent $538,000 on court interpreters last year. The State has picked up the tab for court interpreters since 1999. $538,000 is a bargain of course since supposedly Americans wont do jobs immigrants who need the interpreters do, and compared to the overall state judiciary budget of $66 million, it isn't too bad. Illegal immigrants cost $10billion per year. The journal Star didn't go into how much of interpreter budget goes to assist illegal immigrants in court. But the increased cost of interpreters can only exacerbate the overall tight budget situation all state court systems face today. As many state court systems face cuts first when state budgets need cutting.