Study Finds Illegal Immigrants Pay $11.8B in Taxes
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 2:06 pmhttp://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/04/1 ... 118B-Taxes
Undocumented immigrants contribute significantly to state and local taxes, collectively paying an estimated $11.84 billion in 2012.
The effective state and local tax rate for undocumented immigrants’ nationwide is about 8 percent.
Under Obama’s 2012 and 2014 executive actions, which would make temporary immigration reprieve available to up to 5.2 million undocumented immigrants (about 45 percent of the undocumented population), their state and local tax contributions would increase by an estimated $845 million a year once fully in place.
Granting lawful permanent residence to all 11.4 million undocumented immigrants and allowing them to work in the United States legally would increase their state and local tax contributions by an estimated $2.2 billion a year.
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Undocumented immigrants contribute significantly to state and local taxes, collectively paying an estimated $11.84 billion in 2012.
The effective state and local tax rate for undocumented immigrants’ nationwide is about 8 percent.
Under Obama’s 2012 and 2014 executive actions, which would make temporary immigration reprieve available to up to 5.2 million undocumented immigrants (about 45 percent of the undocumented population), their state and local tax contributions would increase by an estimated $845 million a year once fully in place.
Granting lawful permanent residence to all 11.4 million undocumented immigrants and allowing them to work in the United States legally would increase their state and local tax contributions by an estimated $2.2 billion a year.
- See more at: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/04/1 ... xab1t.dpuf