The Richmond Register: DACA Recipients in Limbo While Congress Debates

The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) revealed dreamers pay an effective state and local tax rate of 9.1 percent of their income.

That’s higher than the wealthiest 1 percent in Kentucky who pay just six percent.

ITEP puts the total amount of taxes undocumented immigrants of all ages contribute to Kentucky in state and local taxes at $36 million annually.

But for dreamers, DACA is more about being able to live outside the shadows than numbers. Read more

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