Akron Beacon Journal: Our Voices of Reason on Immigration
media mentionThe Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reported last week that illegal immigrants in Ohio pay $83 million a year in state and local taxes. With full legal status, they would pay another $25 million.
Immigrants and refugees expand the economic pie. Eduardo Porter of the Times recently noted in a column that the 26 million foreigners in this country added $2 trillion to the economy last year.
Which returns us to David James, saying in his speech that he would like to see national leaders addressing such things as expanding Pell Grants and curbing student loan debt. Why hasn’t Congress put America first by enacting a compromise on immigration, a road to legal status linked to border security? That failing reinforces how unnecessary the current tumult is.