Why should undocumented immigrants be allowed to remain in the US? by Michelle Arellano

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Agriculture is one of the sectors with the highest proportion of undocumented workers. On average, immigrants have comprised around 40% of the labor force over the last three decades.

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Undocumented farm workers make up about 73% of agricultural workers in the US. Without their hard work, millions of pounds of food would go unharvested, contributing to food waste and millions of dollars in lost production.

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Many of these workers pay taxes and contribute to the economy but are not protected by Us labor laws. They live every day under the threat of arrest and family separation while working in extremely difficult conditions.

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Providing citizenship for all undocumented immigrants in the US would boost US GDP by a total of $1.7 trillion over 10 years and create 438,800 new jobs.

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Immigrants help industries and areas where there is a need for workers, where shortages might otherwise damp growth.

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Immigrants generated about $1.6 trillion in economic activity in 2022. They also contributed more than $579 billion in local, state, and federal taxes.

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A growing number of unauthorized immigrants have permission to live and work in the US and are temporarily protected from deportation.

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In 2023, ice conducted 143,000 removals to more than 180 countries, almost double the number of removals (72,000) the year before. That year ice expelled nearly 63,000 noncitizens under Title 42 before the policy ended in mid-May 2023.