Title: How immigrants are enriching our economy and society | UnidosUS
Headings: 7 ways immigrants enrich
our economy and society

7 ways immigrants enrich
our economy and society
Fact: Immigrants contribute to job creation.
Fact: Undocumented immigrants are paying taxes.
Fact: Immigrants are helping to sustain the Social Security Trust Fund.
Fact: The number of undocumented immigrants in the United States has remained the same in recent years.
Fact: DACA recipients are contributing to the economy.
Fact: Immigration reform would reduce the deficit.
Fact: Immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans.

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7 ways immigrants enrich
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Fact: Immigrants contribute to job creation. A report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine found little to no effect on the wages and employment of native-born workers in the long-term by undocumented immigrants. Immigrants are also entrepreneurs who create jobs. According to a study of the bipartisan immigration bill passed in the Senate in 2014, provisions in the bill could potentially bring between 336,000 and 470,000 undocumented immigrant entrepreneurs into the formal economy. Given that the average immigrant-owned business hires 11 employees, these businesses would account for between 3.7 million and 5.2 million jobs in the formal economy. Immigrants Aren't Taking Americans' Jobs, New Study Finds
Immigration Helps American Workers’ Wages and Job Opportunities
Fact: Undocumented immigrants are paying taxes. Undocumented immigrants pay an average of $11.64 billion in state and local taxes a year. On average, an undocumented individual has about 8% of their income go to taxes.