FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Julian Teixeira
(202) 776-1812
jteixeira@nclr.org
Today, NCLR (National Council of La Raza) lauded the release of the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) score of the Senate’s immigration reform bill, “The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013” (S. 744). The nonpartisan arm of Congress charged with estimating the cost of legislation very clearly outlined that the benefits of passing immigration reform far outweigh the costs related to the bill.
The score revealed that passing immigration reform would reduce the federal budget deficit by almost $900 billion within 20 years and would grow the economy by 5.4 percent, addressing some of our nation’s most vexing problems when we need it most.
“We have been saying for years that passing immigration reform would be beneficial to our economy and now the CBO score has confirmed it,” said Janet Murguía, President and CEO, NCLR. “Our economy will grow, the deficit will shrink, jobs will be created and our taxpaying labor force will expand so that we have more workers contributing to our tax system. All of these positives should demonstrate to lawmakers working on reform that we shouldn’t delay passage of an immigration bill which will provide our nation with additional economic benefits.”
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