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kpete

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Wed Sep 28, 2016, 12:27 PM Sep 2016

So it seems that millions of undocumented immigrants have paid more in taxes than Donald Trump

'Undocumented' Immigrants Pay Billions in Taxes
A new report suggests immigrants in the country illegally provide local economies billions of dollars in tax revenue.

http://www.itep.org/pdf/immigration2016.pdf


The study from the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy found that immigrants in the U.S. without legal permission kick in their billions in the form of income, property, sales or excise taxes.

There were roughly 11 million immigrants estimated to be in the U.S. illegally as of 2013, according to the report. And each and every state collects at least a few million dollars from tax payments made by such immigrants each year, ranging from Montana's $2.2 million to California's $3.2 billion.

"Regardless of the politically contentious nature of immigration reform, the data show undocumented immigrants greatly contribute to our nation's economy, not just in labor but also with tax dollars," Meg Wiehe, the institute's state tax policy director, said in a statement last week.


More:
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-03-01/study-undocumented-immigrants-pay-billions-in-taxes?src=usn_tw
https://twitter.com/jorgeramosnews/status/781090718500655105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
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So it seems that millions of undocumented immigrants have paid more in taxes than Donald Trump (Original Post) kpete Sep 2016 OP
Let's keep the productive ones who give back forgotmylogin Sep 2016 #1
Hmm. Doreen Sep 2016 #2
Make Sure We Build A Wall So He Can't Come Back....nt global1 Sep 2016 #3
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