WNYC: Despite Myth, Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes But Receive Few Benefits
media mentionYatziri has recently benefited from her DACA status, and her tax dollars have helped fuel the $2 billion dollars in state and local taxes contributed by DACA recipients across this country. According to Meg Wiehe, deputy director at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, this money was instrumental in a circuit court judge’s decision to halt President Trump’s termination of the DACA program.