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Why immigrants are America’s superpower

Dollar & Sense: The Brookings Trade Podcast

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The Effects of Education on State and Local Governments

At the state and local level, what we find is that there's just a small net fiscal benefit. So for an immigrant who comes in without a high school degree, all of the costs are going to outweigh the taxes they pay over 75 years. However, if the immigrant has a bachelor's degree, it's completely flipped. And in fact, the state andLocal government is estimated to get more in taxes relative to all of the spending obligations that they incur between 120 and 130 thousand dollars.

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