{"id":154716,"date":"2010-01-08T07:36:40","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T12:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/01\/08\/study-predicts-15-trillion-increase-in-gdp-if-undocumented-immigrants-are-legalized\/"},"modified":"2010-01-08T07:36:40","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T12:36:40","slug":"study-predicts-1-5-trillion-increase-in-gdp-if-undocumented-immigrants-are-legalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/154716","title":{"rendered":"Study predicts $1.5 trillion increase in GDP if undocumented immigrants are legalized."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/07\/hinojos-immigration\/\" >Study predicts $1.5 trillion increase in GDP if undocumented immigrants are legalized. \t\t<\/a><br \/> A new study by University of California at Los Angeles professor Ra\u00fal Hinojosa-Ojeda suggests that comprehensive immigration reform, which includes an earned path to legalization for undocumented immigrants, could generate at least $1.5 trillion in added U.S. gross domestic product over 10 years. Hinojosa explains the data behind his immense calculation: All immigrant workers in [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wonkroom.thinkprogress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/money.jpg\" alt=\"money\" title=\"money\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-28160\" \/> A new study by University of California at Los Angeles professor Ra\u00fal Hinojosa-Ojeda suggests that comprehensive immigration reform, which includes an earned path to legalization for undocumented immigrants, could <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/2010\/01\/raising_the_floor.html\">generate at least $1.5 trillion<\/a> in added U.S. gross domestic product over 10 years. Hinojosa explains the data behind his immense calculation:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>All immigrant workers in this scenario have full labor rights, which results in higher wages &#8212; and higher worker productivity\u2014for all workers in industries where large numbers of immigrants are employed.<strong> As wage and productivity levels rise, the U.S. economy\u2019s demand for new immigrant workers actually declines over time as the market shrinks for easily exploited, low-wage, low-productivity workers. <\/strong>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>The higher earning power of newly legalized workers translates into an increase in net personal income of $30 to $36 billion, which would generate $4.5 to $5.4 billion in additional net tax revenue. Moreover, an increase in personal income of this scale would generate consumer spending sufficient to support 750,000 to 900,000 jobs<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Hinojosa, a mass deportation program often cited by right-wing enforcement-only advocates would actually result in a loss of $2.6 trillion over ten years while a solution that only consists of a temporary worker program that <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.changetowin.org\/for-the-media\/press-releases-and-statements\/change-to-win-and-afl-cio-unveil-unified-immigration-reform-framework.html\">labor unions vehemently oppose<\/a> and <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/26\/us\/politics\/26immig.html\">some moderate Republicans support<\/a> would only yield $792 billion increase in GDP and also lead to a decrease in wages.<br \/> <em><br \/> More at the <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/wonkroom.thinkprogress.org\/2010\/01\/07\/legalization-immigration\/\">Wonk Room<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Study predicts $1.5 trillion increase in GDP if undocumented immigrants are legalized. A new study by University of California at Los Angeles professor Ra\u00fal Hinojosa-Ojeda suggests that comprehensive immigration reform, which includes an earned path to legalization for undocumented immigrants, could generate at least $1.5 trillion in added U.S. gross domestic product over 10 years. 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