Price put at $1.8 trillion
Study: That’s what U.S. would lose if undocumented immigrants vanished
— Houston Chronicle2
If the 8.1 million undocumented immigrants who cut lawns, bus tables and perform other jobs disappeared overnight, the nation’s economy would lose nearly $1.8 trillion in annual spending.
Texas, the second-hardest-hit state after California, would lose 1.2 million undocumented workers and $220.7 billion in expenditures.
These are just some of the findings from a study done by the Perryman Group, a Waco-based economic analysis firm, whose work was commissioned by Americans for Immigration Reform, a group spearheaded by the Greater Houston Partnership.
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- Study: Loss of illegal immigrants would cripple economy — Houston Chronicle
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