So much for them hurting the economy... at least in Texas anyway. I bet The Minutmen lost their minds when they heard about the results of this study![]()
The Texan economy would have been almost $18 billion poorer in the last fiscal year without illegal immigrants who added to state coffers but were a drain on local government, says a report by the state comptroller. (snip)
(Snip) "Undocumented immigrants produced $1.58 billion in state revenues, which exceeded the $1.16 billion in state services they received. However, local governments bore the burden of $1.44 billion in uncompensated health care costs and local law enforcement costs not paid for by the state," Strayhorn added.
The net increase to state revenues came from payments such as sales taxes and user fees.(snip)





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