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Estimates of tax payments made by undocumented immigrants in the US
The available, reputable estimates do not provide a single, audited total for how much “illegal” or undocumented immigrants paid in taxes in calendar year 2025; the most-cited, methodical studies repo...
No — the widely cited figure is not $97 million but roughly : the estimated undocumented immigrants paid about $96.7 billion in federal, state and local taxes in 2022, a figure that has been repeated ...
The best current, peer-reviewed estimates put annual tax payments by undocumented immigrants in at roughly in 2022, split between $59.4 billion to the federal government and $37.3 billion to state and...
Estimates published in 2024 put undocumented immigrants’ total tax contributions in prior years near $90–$100 billion annually, with authoritative studies using different scopes and methods: ITEP esti...
estimates that undocumented immigrants paid in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022, a total ITEP breaks down as $59.4 billion to the federal government and $37.3 billion to state and local governm...
is widely projected to raise federal, state, and local tax revenues through higher wages, greater wage reporting and tax compliance, and expanded payroll tax collections; multiple analyses estimate in...
appears in several recent analyses as one of the states with multi‑billion‑dollar expenditures tied to immigrants in 2023–2024, but estimates vary sharply depending on the source and methodology, rang...