No matter the political nonsense you hear spouted about immigration, legal and otherwise, here’s the truth: America needs more immigrants, documented and otherwise.
If you aren’t already mad after reading the preceding sentence, hold my beer. Immigrants coming into America boost our economy. And undocumented immigrants in the United States play an astonishing role in strengthening the nation through their substantial tax contributions.
Yes, they pay taxes, lots of taxes, to the tune of nearly $100 billion dollars in 2022.
These payments fund essential public services and immigrants’ own paths to legal status. Misinformation about undocumented immigrants in America is harmful and leads to stereotypes and policies that not only hurt immigrants but Americans and businesses, too.
Numbers prove both Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wrong
In 2015, when Donald Trump began his campaign for the presidency, he often touted claims that undocumented immigrants were “bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists” to appeal to what would become his MAGA base. It wasn’t the first or last time that Trump and other Republicans attacked undocumented immigrants.
False claims that undocumented immigrants are more likely to commit crimes than citizens or are a danger to public health help to fuel border security measures that endanger migrants’ lives far more than ours.
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