White House promotes economic benefits of legalizing migrants
September 21, 2021
On Friday, the White House Council of Economic Advisors said that granting green cards to millions undocumented immigrants would likely raise tax revenues, enhance productivity and have other benefits for the children of immigrants – all which would generate “substantial economic value for the country,” they said. The Council also said that legalizing immigrants could raise the cost of social benefit programs, but taxes immigrants would pay could cover those costs, in addition to the “positive fiscal contributions” of the next generation.
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