Immigrants Saved American Taxpayers over $14 Trillion: New Report

Immigrants saved American taxpayers over $14 Trillion: new report

Over 30 years, immigrants paid in more than they claimed back from U.S. federal, state and local governments, the study found.

'Immigrants are subsidizing the U.S. government': how the undocumented actually shrank the deficit by $14.5 trillion over 3 decades

Cato Institute ran the math and found that without immigrants' contributions, the national debt would be a third higher than today's $38 trillion.

Cato Institute: Immigrants’ Recent Effects on Government Budgets: 1994–2023

Our analysis in this paper shows that immigrants generated a fiscal surplus of about $14.5 trillion from 1994 to 2023, that the average immigrant is much less costly than the average US-born American, and that immigrants impose lower costs per person on old-age benefit, education, and public safety programs.

Cato Study: Immigrants Reduced Deficits by $14.5 Trillion Since 1994