USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Texas depends on immigrants to grow its economy, and the immigrant labor force cannot be taken for granted. Immigrants in Texas’ workforce contribute an estimated $119 billion to the Texas economy annually in personal income, making up nearly 1 in 5 of all wage dollars in the state.

Detailed explanation-2: -Glenn Hammer, president and CEO of the Texas Association of Business, notes that immigrants make up nearly a quarter of the overall population and have contributed $8.6 billion to Texas’ GDP.

Detailed explanation-3: -We find that immigrants in advanced economies increase output and productivity both in the short and medium term. Specifically, we show that a 1 percentage point increase in the inflow of immigrants relative to total employment increases output by almost 1 percent by the fifth year.

Detailed explanation-4: -States and cities with large numbers of immigrants often have to invest more money in public education and other services immigrants receive than they collect in taxes from those populations. As adults, though, the children of immigrants are among the strongest economic and fiscal contributors in the U.S. population.