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Many naysayers claim that immigration reform cannot happen in this economy. They claim that the country cannot prioritize immigration when so many economic issues remain unsolved.
But they are wrong.
In fact, a series of recent studies from both progressive and conservative think tanks show that immigration reform would be a boon to the economy by raising the GDP and boosting American household incomes:
• A report by the Center for American Progress and the Immigration Policy Institute, Raising the Floor for American Workers: The Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, confirms that the path to economic recovery calls for comprehensive immigration reform that includes a legalization program for the roughly 12 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. According to the study, immigration reform would create $1.5 trillion in added GDP over ten years and newly legalized workers would increase tax revenues by up to $5.4 billion in the first three years.
• A report by the libertarian CATO Institute, Restriction or Legalization? Measuring the Economic Benefits of Immigration Reform, found that legalization would boost the incomes of U.S. households by $180 billion in 2019.
Versión Español
Los detractores afirman que en esta economía no hay lugar para una reforma de inmigración. Sugieren que el país no puede dar prioridad a la inmigración cuando siguen sin resolverse muchos otros asuntos económicos.
Pero los detractores están equivocados.
De hecho, una serie de estudios recientes realizados por grupos de especialistas, progresistas y conservadores, muestran que la reforma de inmigración sería una fortuna para la economía porque subiría el PIB y aumentaría los ingresos de los hogares estadounidenses:
• Un informe titulado Subiendo el salario mínimo de los trabajadores estadounidenses: los beneficios económicos de una
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