14 Reasons To Pass Immigration Reform In 2014
There are a lot of good reasons to make 2014 the year that we finally fix our broken immigration system.posted on
2) Comprehensive immigration reform would create 1.4 million jobs.
Source: Center for American Progress
3) Every day, the U.S. loses around $36 million in tax revenue due to inaction on immigration reform.
Source: Center for American Progress
4) Immigration reform would provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants.
Source: Center for American Progress
5) Implementing and enforcing anti-immigrant immigration laws are costing states millions of dollars.
Source: Immigration Policy Center
6) Immigration reform would reduce the federal deficit by $897 billion dollars over 20 years.
Source: Immigration Policy Center
7) State tax revenues would increase by an estimated $748 billion by 2033.
Source: Center for American Progress
8) 2.1 million DREAMers would be allowed to contribute more fully to the economy and their communities.
Source: Center for American Progress
9) By being allowed to earn citizenship, DREAMers would add $329 billion dollars to our economy.
Source: Center for American Progress
10) Americans across the political spectrum - and even most members of Congress - agree that the immigration system is broken and needs to be overhauled.
Source: America’s Voice
11) For every $1 increase in immigrants’ incomes, there is a $1.17 increase in GDP.
12) The immigration system has not been significantly reformed or updated since the Reagan administration - before most DREAMers were born.
13) Immigrant-owned businesses are employing millions of workers: One in every 10 workers in this country employed at a privately owned business is employed by a business owned by an immigrant.
14) Americans overwhelmingly want to fix our broken immigration system; in poll after poll, nearly three-quarters of Americans surveyed say they support immigration reform.
Source: America’s Voice
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