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At least five Republicans in the Senate have joined to support some of immigration reforms that grant citizenship to millions of undocumented , but a recent study could convince more, since it exposes the economic benefits for the United States.
There are several immigration proposals in Congress, including comprehensive reform of the president Joe Biden which, if approved, would increase the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by up to $ 1.7 trillion dollars over the next decade.
In addition, it would help increase the wages of all Americans and create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, according to the report by the Center for American Progress (CAP) in collaboration with the Center for Global Migration at the University of California , Davis (UC Davis), published this Monday.
Estimates that 10. 2 million undocumented persons have resided and worked in the country an average of 16 years.
“They are parents, grandparents and siblings of others 10. 2 million family members ”, says the report.
Previously, the representative Raúl Ruiz (California), acknowledged to this newspaper that the negotiations of the Democrats would push the economic contribution of immigrants , which confirms the report described here.
“The report analyzes four potential scenarios, where Congress grants a path to citizenship ”, say the authors Giovanni Peri and Nicole Prchal Svajlenka .
“Undocumented immigrants two are critical to the nation’s social infrastructure, a fact that has been widely understood amid the coronavirus pandemic, ”said Prchal Svajlenka, associate director of research for the CAP Immigration Policy team and co-author of the report.
Reform options
The 10. 2 million .- By providing a path to citizenship for these immigrants, the country would increase its GDP by $ 1.7 trillion and create 438, 800 new jobs over the next decade.
That would benefit all workers, since in five years eligible non-citizens would have an additional annual income of $ 4, 300 dollars, a figure that would increase to $ 16, 000 in ten years.
For all Americans, the annual salary would increase by $ 700 Dollars.
‘Dreamers’ and Tepesianos.- The Dream and Promise Law has already been approved in the Chamber, but if it advances in the Senate it would increase GDP by $ 799, 000 million dollars in the next 10 years and would create 285, 400 new jobs.
Eligible income level would increase by $ 4, 285 dollars in five years and $ 14, 800 dpolar in 06 years, plus all Americans would have a salary increase $ 400 annual dollars.
Essential workers.- A reform that includes more than five million undocumented immigrants, according to figures from Congress, would boost GDP to $ 989, 000 million in 10 years and would create 285 , 200 new jobs.
The salary increase in five years would be the same as in the previous scenarios, but in ten years it would reach $ 11, 800 dollars.
The wage for all other American workers would increase by $ 300 dollars per year.
‘Dreamers’, TPS and essential workers .- By granting citizenship to these immigrants, GDP would increase $ 1.5 billion dollars for 11 years and would create 400, 800 new jobs.
In addition, the salary increase in five years remains the same level, but in ten years it would be $ 13, 500 dollars annually. All workers would see their annual wages increase by $ 600 dollars.
“These important results are generated considering the direct increases in salary and productivity produced by the legalization of undocumented workers; the response of demand and business investments to their higher productivity ”, considered Giovanni Peri, professor of economics at UC Davis, director of the university’s Center for Global Migration and co-author of the report.