Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Deporting Undocumented Would Take Texas-Size Economic Bite: Study


There's no shortage of ideas about how to fix the broken U.S. policy on immigration.

But the heated political debate over undocumented workers often comes up short on a critical question: What would these solutions cost?

Because millions of undocumented workers seek to keep a low profile, the economic impact of their presence — and the cost of removing them — is difficult to pin down.

But the cost would be huge. By one estimate, removing the entire population of undocumented workers now in the U.S. would wipe out a chunk of the American economy roughly the size of the annual gross domestic product of Texas. 

Full article and video available here: Deporting the Undocumented 

Source: NBC News 

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