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It’s not bad enough that immigrants won’t assimilate, they also suck the economy dry, right? Well comprehensive immigration reform could change all that according to a report released yesterday by the Center for American Progress and Immigration Policy Center.

“Raising the Floor for American Workers: The Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” which shows that legalizing the roughly 12 million undocumented immigrants through comprehensive immigration reform as well as
making future flows more flexible would grow the economy by $1.5 trillion over 10
years.

The forecast is based on a number of scenarios that could add to the U.S. gross domestic product in the long term, and in the short term, generate additional tax revenue.

And how much would it cost to deport the undocumented estimated to be in the United States? $2.6 trillion over ten years.

The U.S. can afford that right?

You can read the entire report here (PDF file).