January 8, 2019

The Root: Trump Goes on National TV to Talk about His Dumb Wall

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His assertion that undocumented immigrants create a strain on our nation is basically refuted in a 2017 report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (pdf) which shows undocumented immigrants pay an estimated $11.74 billion in state and local taxes. Additionally, 50 percent of undocumented immigrants file federal tax returns using Individual Tax Identification Numbers (ITIN), and those who don’t still have federal taxes taken out of their regular paychecks. Read more



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