Public debates over federal immigration reform, specifically around undocumented immigrants, often suffer from insufficient and inaccurate information about the tax contributions of undocumented immigrants, particularly at the state level. The truth is that undocumented immigrants living in the United States paybillions of dollars each year in state and local taxes. Further, these tax contributions would increase significantly if all undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States were granted a pathway to citizenship as part of comprehensive immigration reform. Or put in the reverse, if undocumented immigrants are deported in high numbers, state and local revenues could take a substantial hit.
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Public debates over federal immigration reform, specifically around undocumented immigrants, often suffer from insufficient and inaccurate information about the tax contributions of undocumented immigrants, particularly at the state level. Nationally, undocumented immigrants pay more than $11 billion in state and local taxes.
ITEP blogs and reports examine the contributions of undocumented immigrants as taxpayers to dispel the myths and misunderstandings and provide updated and accurate information.
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report March 1, 2017 Undocumented Immigrants’ State & Local Tax Contributions
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report February 24, 2016 Undocumented Immigrants’ State & Local Tax Contributions (2016)
This report was updated in March 2017 Read as a PDF. (Includes Full Appendix of State-by-State Data) Report Landing Page Public debates over federal immigration reform often suffer from insufficient…