The seemingly low-cost virtue signaling of declaring your non-border city or state a “sanctuary” for illegal immigrants has now revealed its hefty price tag.

“If we don’t get the support we need, New Yorkers could be left with a $12 billion bill,” New York Mayor Eric Adams said on Wednesday of the now crisis-level illegal immigrants who continue to flow into the Big Apple. …

According to a July report from NBC News4, the D.C. Office of Migrant Services has spent more than $20 million dealing with the illegal immigrant influx, including “$11.8 million on hotel rooms that served as temporary housing for migrants.”

[Hey, they set the incentives. Now let them shoulder the costs. — Ed]