Undocumented immigrants pay a lot in taxes

immigration Impact - Undocumented immigrants, like everyone else in the United States, pay sales taxes. And they also pay property taxes—even if they rent. Plus, as the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy points out, “the best evidence suggests that at least 50 percent of undocumented immigrant households currently file income tax returns using Individual Tax Identification Numbers) and many who do not file income tax returns still have taxes deducted from their paycheck.” In sum, according to ITEP, “the 11.4 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States pay billions of dollars in local, state and federal taxes, and their tax contributions would increase under immigration policy reform.”