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Do DREAMers Pay Taxes? Undocumented Immigrants Contribute Billions To The Economy Source: romper.com - Sep 6, 2017 On Tuesday, President Donald Trump and his administration officially announced that DACA — also known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program — is ending. As part of a statement about ending the program, Trump said that we have to ask what is "fair" to ask of taxpayers in the United States when it comes to undocumented individuals and the immigration system as a whole. But this conveniently bypasses the fact that DREAMers — the some 800,000 individuals who are protected by DACA — may be among those taxpayers. Because the fact is, undocumented individuals and DREAMers pay taxes. In fact, they contribute billions of dollars in state and local taxes, according to numerous sources. Category: General Business |
