By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow Economic persecution rarely operates in isolation. It is sustained, protected, and often legitimized by legal systems. These systems quietly encourage discrimination to continue unchecked. When employers refuse to hire, when licenses are denied, when aid is withheld, these acts are rarely spontaneous. Instead, laws that fail to protect minorities, courts that do not enforce equal rights, and legal frameworks that punish faith enable these actions. The marketplace becomes hostile because the justice system allows it to be.