Latin Post: All U.S. Immigrants Could Contribute $2.2B a Year

The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization about tax policy issues, found that if all 11.4 million undocumented immigrants received lawful permanent residency in the U.S., then state and local tax contributions would increase by approximately $2.2 billion per year. Based on 2012 data, ITEP stated undocumented immigrants have already contributed “significantly” to local and state taxes by providing an estimated $11.4 billion.

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