The Hill: You Should Care About the Dream Act

These beliefs are simply untrue. Dreamers, DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) recipients, and undocumented immigrants pay taxes including sales tax and local real estate tax. Many pay Medicare, state and federal taxes, and even Social Security tax (though undocumented immigrants are not eligible for Social Security benefits). In fact, undocumented immigrants working in the U.S. contributed $11.74 billion in state and local taxes, according to a 2017 report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Read more