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1) 1 in 6 workers in the U.S. is an immigrant.
2) Comprehensive immigration reform would create 1.4 million jobs.
3) Every day, the U.S. loses around $36 million in tax revenue due to inaction on immigration reform.
4) Immigration reform would provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants.
5) Implementing and enforcing anti-immigrant immigration laws are costing states millions of dollars.
6) Immigration reform would reduce the federal deficit by $897 billion dollars over 20 years.
7) State tax revenues would increase by an estimated $748 billion by 2033.
8) 2.1 million DREAMers would be allowed to contribute more fully to the economy and their communities.
9) By being allowed to earn citizenship, DREAMers would add $329 billion dollars to our economy.
10) Americans across the political spectrum - and even most members of Congress - agree that the immigration system is broken and needs to be overhauled.
11) For every $1 increase in immigrants’ incomes, there is a $1.17 increase in GDP.
12) The immigration system has not been significantly reformed or updated since the Reagan administration - before most DREAMers were born.
13) Immigrant-owned businesses are employing millions of workers: One in every 10 workers in this country employed at a privately owned business is employed by a business owned by an immigrant.
14) Americans overwhelmingly want to fix our broken immigration system; in poll after poll, nearly three-quarters of Americans surveyed say they support immigration reform.
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