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media mention March 9, 2017 Public News Service: Study Shows Undocumented Immigrants Benefit NY
Unauthorized immigrants are about 5 percent of the labor force in the state, are responsible for 3 percent of the state’s economic output and pay more than $1 billion a… -
media mention March 9, 2017 Vice News: Deporting undocumented immigrants could lose states $11 billion in taxes, study finds
Just because an immigrant is undocumented doesn’t mean her taxes are. In fact, undocumented immigrants currently pay more than $11 billion in state and local taxes each year, according to a… -
media mention March 9, 2017 The Seattle Times: Tax Code Upside Down
According to a 2015 state-by-state report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, middle-and lower-income households in Washington state pay up to 17 percent of their incomes in taxes… -
media mention March 9, 2017 The Oregonian: Bills would force Oregon companies to share tax information
Ryan Deckert, president of the Oregon Business Association, said competitors in other states would use the information to get a leg up on the competition. According to the Institute on… -
media mention March 9, 2017 The Hill: Sanders offers bill aimed at preventing corporate tax avoidance
A report from the liberal Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy released Thursday found that Fortune 500 companies that were profitable each year between 2008 and 2015 had an average… -
media mention March 9, 2017 The Business Journals: $178 billion in profits, no taxes paid
A new study from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy illustrates the degree to which that practice is playing out. The study show how 258 profitable Fortune 500 companies… -
media mention March 8, 2017 The Street: Trump’s Immigration Order Makes It Harder for Him to Deliver on Economic Promises
According to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), undocumented immigrants contribute about $11.6 billion to the economy annually. A recent report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering… -
media mention March 8, 2017 The Connecticut Post: A giant sucking sound on the horizon
The nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy broke it down more. They pay more than $125 million in just state and local taxes in Connecticut. That would rise by… -
media mention March 8, 2017 Akron Beacon Journal: Our Voices of Reason on Immigration
The 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… -
media mention March 8, 2017 The Christian Science Monitor: Why Authorities Just Raided Caterpillar
The questions go beyond whether the financial activities were legal or illegal. The news puts names and faces on the problems of political cronyism and tax evasion by the wealthy,… -
media mention March 8, 2017 The Guardian: Fixing America’s failing infrastructure won’t be easy, despite Trump’s pledge
But a recent report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute analyzing transportation in 471 urban areas showed that although vehicle miles had increased, fuel consumption had not risen above its… -
media mention March 8, 2017 Kentucky New Era: State gets $36M from immigrants here illegally
The report, released Thursday by the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, comes as President Donald Trump works to ramp up immigration enforcement across the nation in part… -
media mention March 8, 2017 Univision: La millonaria contribución que hacen los indocumentados a la economía de Nueva York
“De la misma manera que el impacto horrendo de separar a familias bajo una política de deportación mavisa no debe ser ignorado, tampoco se deben pasar por alto las contribuciones… -
media mention March 8, 2017 The Press Democrat: Sonoma State University professor finds immigrant labor doesn’t hurt US workers
Another recent report, from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington, D.C., found that undocumented immigrants contribute $11.7 billion in state and local taxes nationally. The nonpartisan but… -
media mention March 8, 2017 Providence Business News: Undocumented immigrants pay $31.2M in state, local taxes in R.I.
Undocumented immigrants pay $31.2 million in state and local taxes in Rhode Island, according to a study released Friday by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonprofit, nonpartisan… -
media mention March 8, 2017 Fayette Tribune: Miss Liberty Needs to Smile Again
Over the past two years, the buzz word in the gilded halls has been “economic development.” But “economic development” has been an excuse for more “supply-side” business incentives and tax… -
media mention March 8, 2017 The Gazzette: Study Maintains Undocumented Immigrants Pay Their Fair Share in Taxes
Colorado’s 163,000 undocumented immigrants pay plenty in taxes, according to a new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. The nonprofit think tank on state and federal tax… -
media mention March 8, 2017 Daily Bulletin: Undocumented immigrants contribute billions in local, state taxes
Undocumented residents in the United States pay an estimated $11.74 billion annually in state and local taxes, an amount that would increase significantly if these immigrants were given a pathway… -
media mention March 8, 2017 News Day: Immigrants here illegally contribute $40B to NY economy
The report uses U.S. Census data and applies assumptions from studies on the rate at which the unauthorized immigrant population pays sales taxes, registers to pay income taxes and owns… -
media mention March 8, 2017 New York Daily News: What the undocumented produce for New York
In a case of perfect timing, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and the Fiscal Policy Institute just released a study detailing how the estimated 817,000 undocumented workers in… -
media mention March 8, 2017 News 7: Undocumented people would be able to use Social Security card to get license in Colo. under bill
The bill comes at the same time that a report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan nonprofit based in Washington, that says Colorado has an estimated… -
media mention March 8, 2017 Salon: Study shows undocumented immigrants pay a higher share of their income in taxes than the wealthiest 1 percent
Undocumented immigrants in the U.S. pay more than $11 billion a year in state and local taxes, according to a new study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. In 42 states,… -
media mention March 8, 2017 Al Jazeera: How Trump’s wall is affecting those at the borders
Among the criticisms of the wall and deportations are signs that they may actually hurt the US economy. Undocumented Americans contribute $11.64bn to the US economy in taxes annually, according… -
media mention March 8, 2017 Media Matters: Trump’s Bogus Immigration Claims Come Straight From Nativist Groups And Fringe Right-Wing Media
A February 2016 analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) reported that “undocumented immigrants contribute more than $11.6 billion” at the state and local level, and on… -
media mention March 8, 2017 The Daily News: Lower Discusses Failed Effort to Cut Income Tax
According to Gilda Jacobs, executive director of the Michigan League for Public Policy, the tax relief for the lowest earners at less than $22,000 a year would be only $16…