New Jersey Policy Perspective: New Jersey’s Undocumented Immigrants Pay Nearly Half a Billion Dollars a Year in State and Local Taxes; Immigration Reform Would Boost These Revenues by $81 Million

With fiscal costs and benefits figuring large in the immigration reform debate, a new analysis estimates that unauthorized immigrants are already paying $10.6 billion a year in state and local taxes nationwide, including $476 million in New Jersey. The study, released today by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), also estimates that New Jersey stands to gain $81 million in increased revenue if undocumented immigrants currently in the U.S. were to be allowed to work here legally. The overall revenue gain for all states would be $2 billion a year.

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