Standard-Times: Undocumented Immigrants’ Economic Impact Unclear in Texas
media mention“Meanwhile, about 1.7 million immigrants are unauthorized, according to the center. The report cites the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy as saying that in Texas unauthorized immigrants in 2010 paid more than $1.6 billion in state and local taxes.
Immigrants as a whole contributed $65 billion in economic output for the state in wages, salary and business earnings, the report states.”