International Business Times UK: Legalisation of Undocumented Would Increase Tax Contribution by £1.47b a Year
media mentionUndocumented immigrants would contribute billions of dollars in tax contributions if they were granted a pathway to legal permanent residence, a new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy revealed.
“The reality is the 11.4m undocumented immigrants living in the United States pay billions of dollars in local, state and federal taxes, and their tax contributions would increase under immigration policy reform,” the 15 April report claimed. According to the Washington DC think-tank, undocumented immigrants contributed an estimated $11.84b (£7.92b) in state and local taxes in 2012.