Immigrant Rights March – May 5, 2012 ~ 2 p.m. Public Square

Did You Know?

• Immigrants are a boost to the United States Economy

  The immigrant community is not a drain on the U.S. economy but, in fact, proves to be a net benefit.  Research reported by both the CATO Institute and the President’s Council of Economic Advisors reveals that the average immigrant pays a net 80,000 dollars more in taxes than they collect in government services.  For immigrants with college degrees the net fiscal return is $198,000.  Furthermore, the American Farm Bureau asserts that without guest workers the U.S. economy would lose as much as $9 billion a year in agricultural production and 20 percent of current production would go overseas.

  (Source: CATO Institute, CATO Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress)