Whats your opinion on immigration??

UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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CALIFORNIA: A 2008 study by the California Immigrant Policy Center concludes that immigrants in California pay roughly $30 billion in federal taxes, $5.2 billion in state income taxes, and $4.6 billion in sales taxes each year. In California, “the average immigrant-headed household contributes a net $2,679 annually to Social Security, which is $539 more than the average US-born household. Additionally, “immigrants are among California’s most productive entrepreneurs and have created jobs for tens of thousands of Californians. By 2000, immigrant owners of Silicon Valley companies had created 72,829 jobs and generated more than $19.5 billion in sales.”
 
UncleBuck

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FLORIDA: A 2007 study released by Florida International University found that the state’s “immigrant workers paid an estimated annual average of $10.49 billion in federal taxes and $4.5 billion in state and local taxes from 2002 to 2004.” The study concluded that “comparing taxes paid to assistance received shows that immigrants in Florida contribute nearly $1,500 per year more than they receive” in Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, disability income, veterans’ benefits, unemployment compensation, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, food stamps, housing subsidies, energy assistance, Medicare, and Medicaid.
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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MINNESOTA: A 2004 report by the Minneapolis Foundation found that more than 16,000 Asian-Indians living in Minnesota accounted for $500 million in consumer purchasing power, paid $5.2 million in real estate taxes and $2.3 million in rent, and owned 400 companies that employed more than 6,000 people. The report also found that more than 1,000 Mexican-American businesses operated in Minnesota, generating an estimated $200 million in sales; while Latino workers employed in south-central agricultural industries added nearly $25 million to the local economy. Minnesota is also home to roughly 60,000 Hmong, whose businesses generated an estimated $100 million in revenue.
 
UncleBuck

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NEBRASKA: A 2008 study by the Office of Latino/Latin American Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha estimates that in 2006, “immigrant spending resulted in $1.6 billion worth of total production (or output) to Nebraska’s economy. Moreover, this spending generated between 11,874 and 12,121 total jobs for the state.” The study also estimates that the state’s immigrant population “contributed $154 million in the form of property, income, sales and gasoline tax in 2006,” which amounts to about $1,554 per capita
 
UncleBuck

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NEVADA: A 2007 report from the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada found that Hispanic immigrants in Nevada paid roughly $2.6 billion in federal taxes and $1.6 billion in state and local taxes (including $500 million in sales taxes) in 2005. According to the report, “the money that immigrants earn and spend in Nevada accounts for about 25% of the State’s Gross State Product” and “Hispanic immigrant employment, income and spending results in the creation of 108,380 jobs in Nevada.” Moreover, Hispanic immigrants comprised about 16 percent of the state’s entire workforce and an even higher share in select industries: 81 percent of the agricultural workforce, 47 percent of the construction and mining workforce, and 22 percent of the entertainment and tourist services workforce.
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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CALIFORNIA: A 2010 study from the University of Southern California estimates that “undocumented Latino immigrants in California…missed out on approximately $2.2 billion in wages and salary income last year alone due solely to their legal status, and the state lost out on the multiplied impacts of that potential income and spending, suggesting a total potential gain of $3.25 billion annually from authorization.” Because unauthorized immigrants earn less than they would if they had legal status, the California state government lost out on $310 million in income taxes in 2009, while the federal government missed out on $1.4 billion. Moreover, “gains from increased levels of educational attainment…and English fluency would result in an additional $8.6 billion in wage income. The multiplied impact of this on the California economy in direct and indirect spending would be about $12.7 billion. Combined with the immediate effects, this is a $16 billion boost to California.”
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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COLORADO: Unauthorized immigrants in Colorado paid between $159 million and $194 million in state and local taxes in 2005, according to a 2006 study by the Bell Policy Center, which includes $24 million to $30 million in state income taxes, $10 million to $13 million in property taxes and $125 million to $151 million in sales taxes. In addition, Colorado employers paid between $12 million and $15 million in unemployment insurance taxes to the state on behalf of unauthorized workers in 2005. Unauthorized workers are prohibited by state law from collecting unemployment insurance benefits.
 
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UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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GEORGIA: A 2006 study by the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute shows found that unauthorized immigrants in Georgia contributed between $215.6 million and $252.5 million in aggregated sales, income and property tax (using an income tax compliance rate of 50% and estimating the state’s unauthorized population to be between 228,000 and 250,000). The average unauthorized family in Georgia contributed between $2,340 and $2,470 in state and local sales, income, and property tax.
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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ILLINOIS: A 2002 study by the Center for Urban Economic Development at the University of Chicago found that unauthorized immigrants in the Chicago metropolitan area alone spent $2.89 billion in 2001. These expenditures stimulated “an additional $2.56 billion in local spending,” for a total of $5.45 billion in additional spending, or 1.5 percent of the Gross Regional Product. This spending, in turn, sustained 31,908 jobs in the local economy.
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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IOWA: A 2007 study by the Iowa Policy Project concluded that “undocumented immigrants pay an estimated aggregate amount of $40 million to $62 million in state taxes each year.” Moreover, “undocumented immigrants working on the books in Iowa and their employers also contribute annually an estimated $50 million to $77.8 million in federal Social Security and Medicare taxes from which they will never benefit. Rather than draining state resources, undocumented immigrants are in some cases subsidizing services that only documented residents can access.”
 
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Wordz

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UncleBuck said:
ILLINOIS: A 2002 study by the Center for Urban Economic Development at the University of Chicago found that unauthorized immigrants in the Chicago metropolitan area alone spent $2.89 billion in 2001. These expenditures stimulated “an additional $2.56 billion in local spending,” for a total of $5.45 billion in additional spending, or 1.5 percent of the Gross Regional Product. This spending, in turn, sustained 31,908 jobs in the local economy.
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or did it steal 50000? lmao
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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MISSOURI: A 2006 study by the Missouri Budget Project found that unauthorized immigrants in Missouri contribute between $29 million to $57 million in property, state income, and excise taxeseach year. According to the report, unauthorized workers in Missouri may also have Social Security and Medicare taxes withheld from their paychecks—taxes which provide income support and health care for elderly American citizens—which undocumented workers themselves are not eligible to receive.
 
UncleBuck

UncleBuck

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NEW MEXICO: A 2006 study by New Mexico Fiscal Policy Project found that unauthorized immigrants in New Mexico contributed$64.7 million in sales, income, and property taxesto the state economy in 2004, which includes $5.1 million in income tax and $59.6 million in sales and property taxes. The report also highlights the fact that unauthorized immigrants are restricted from receiving services their taxes fund, such as non-emergency medical care, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, food stamps, child care subsidies, housing assistance, and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF).
 
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