New Mexico Voices for Children: Essential But Excluded
ITEP Work in ActionImmigrants pay taxes and are important contributors to New Mexico’s economy. Nationwide, immigrants pay hundreds of billions of dollars in federal, state, and local income and other taxes. New Mexico immigrants – both legal residents and those who are undocumented – contribute more than $996 million in federal, state, and local taxes that help support public schools, hospitals, roads, and more.