A comptroller’s report found that deporting the estimated 1.4 million undocumented immigrants living in Texas in 2005 would have cost the state about $17.7 billion in gross domestic product.
An undocumented woman in Houston clasps her hands during a 2019 interview. Texas studied the economic impact of its more than 1 million undocumented residents in 2006 but hasn't duplicated the study since.In 2006, Texas State Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn set out to assess the impact undocumented Texans have on the state economy and found that they contributed more to Texas than they cost the state.
“Texans are hardworking and generous people, but the cost of illegal immigration is an unconscionable burden on the taxpayers of our great state,” Attorney General. “Texas will always welcome those who legally immigrate, but we cannot continue forcing taxpayers to foot the bill for individuals who skirt the law and skip the line.”
The study also found that local governments “bore the burden” of $1.4 billion in health care and law enforcement costs that were not compensated by the state.2016 paper published by the Perryman Group
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