According to recent studies, undocumented immigrants contribute billions of dollars to the US economy each year, primarily through taxes paid despite not being eligible for many government benefits, with estimates placing their total tax contribution around $96.7 billion in 2022, including both federal and state levels; this money is spent in local communities, boosting the economy through their purchasing power. Spending power: Their spending on goods and services in local communities contributes to economic activity. Undocumented immigrants paid federal, state, and local taxes of $8,889 per person in 2022. In other words, for every 1 million undocumented immigrants who reside in the country, public services receive $8.9 billion in additional tax revenue Jul 30, 2022. According to an American Immigration Council analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data, immigrants—almost 48 million of whom now live in the United States among an overall population of roughly 335 million people—generated some $1.6 trillion in economic activity in 2022.
https://itep.org/undocumented-immigrants-taxes-2024/#:~:text=Undocumented%20immigrants%20paid%20federa l%2C%20state,billion%20in%20additional%20tax%20rev enue.
https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/mobilizi...erican-economy.
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https://www.ilr.cornell.edu/mobilizi...erican-economy.
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