Windy City Times: Immigration Facts and Fictions
media mentionUnauthorized migrants pay sales taxes, property taxes, whether they rent or own, ‘use’ taxes, and, in some cases, even income taxes, whether state, local, or federal, including social security and medicare taxes. In July 2013, the non-partisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy ( ITEP ) issued a report that statistically demonstrated the tax contributions ‘illegal’ migrants make to state and local governments alone as around $11 billion per annum. Though when they can, undocumented migrants use our schools, social services, and medical services, a cost benefit analysis shows a huge profit to our economy.