DACA recipients contribute billions of dollars to the economy, Social Security, Medicare, Gross National Product (GNP) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
• In five years, the U.S. will lose $105B in GNP without DACA recipients. (NYTimes)
• In 10 years, the U.S. will lose $433B in GDP without DACA recipients. (Center for American Progress)
• In ten years, the U.S. will lose $24.6B in Social Security and Medicare tax revenue without DACA recipients. (AP)
• DACA recipients pay $2B in taxes per year, which includes state and local taxes, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
• More than 75% of DACA recipients are employed, according to the National Immigration Law Center.
• 6M jobs remained unfilled today in the U.S., despite DACA recipients being employed.
• Deporting DACA recipients will cost $287B including an economic loss of $215B, also a fiscal loss of $60B (from lower net tax revenue) and $7.5B in deportation costs, according to Brandon & Albright from the CATO Institute.
• DACA recipients have higher-skills and higher-paying jobs than undocumented immigrants.
• Second generation immigrants have a net positive fiscal input of $173K to $259K per immigrant family, according to Econofact.
• 21% of DACA recipients work in education & health services, according to the American Medical Association and an estimated 5,400 additional DACA physicians will enter the U.S. work force in coming decades.
• At least 70K formerly DACA recipients have received their U.S. permanent residency, according to the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service.
Source: Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
• In five years, the U.S. will lose $105B in GNP without DACA recipients. (NYTimes)
• In 10 years, the U.S. will lose $433B in GDP without DACA recipients. (Center for American Progress)
• In ten years, the U.S. will lose $24.6B in Social Security and Medicare tax revenue without DACA recipients. (AP)
• DACA recipients pay $2B in taxes per year, which includes state and local taxes, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
• More than 75% of DACA recipients are employed, according to the National Immigration Law Center.
• 6M jobs remained unfilled today in the U.S., despite DACA recipients being employed.
• Deporting DACA recipients will cost $287B including an economic loss of $215B, also a fiscal loss of $60B (from lower net tax revenue) and $7.5B in deportation costs, according to Brandon & Albright from the CATO Institute.
• DACA recipients have higher-skills and higher-paying jobs than undocumented immigrants.
• Second generation immigrants have a net positive fiscal input of $173K to $259K per immigrant family, according to Econofact.
• 21% of DACA recipients work in education & health services, according to the American Medical Association and an estimated 5,400 additional DACA physicians will enter the U.S. work force in coming decades.
• At least 70K formerly DACA recipients have received their U.S. permanent residency, according to the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service.
Source: Hispanic News Network U.S.A.
By H. Nelson Goodson
January 21, 2018
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