When the White House sent thousands of armed immigration agents into Minneapolis earlier this year, it followed a playbook pioneered in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune has long supported federal immigration laws, acknowledging that federal authorities have the legal right, jurisdiction, and responsibility to carry out enforcement. The center-left Brookings Institution recently published a detailed research report estimating that the ICE enforcement surge into U.S. cities cost the economy 668,000 jobs in its early stages last year. Brookings found the reverse: “Enforcement surges cost jobs, including jobs held by American-born workers.” Like Minneapolis and Chicago, the remarkably adaptable U.S. economy is standing up to the pressure — so far.