Report: Immigration reform would boost Economy

The Center for American Progress and the Immigration Policy Center have produced a new report called “Raising the Floor for American Workers”.

The report shows that comprehensive immigration reform would help American workers and the U.S. economy. Reform that offers a path to citizenship for currently unauthorized workers and enforces workers’ rights would raise the “wage floor” for the entire U.S. economy and increase the total gross domestic product (GDP) by at least $1.5 trillion over the next decade, the report says. According to the report, finding a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented workers is a much better alternative in this economic crisis than expanding guest worker programs or mass deportation.

The full report can be found on the Center for American Progress website here.

More details on the AFL-CIO Now blog here.