The Immigration Policy Center recently released a fact sheet using statistics to show the economic benefit of providing deferred action to “DREAMers” (students brought to the United States as children).
The fact sheet asserts:
- President Obama’s deferred action initiative gives beneficiaries the opportunity to increase their standard of living—and their tax contributions.
- That deferred action initiative will not harm U.S.-born workers.
- The President’s deferred action initiative will encourage economic growth.
- President Obama’s deferred action initiative will likely reduce the drop-out rate for immigrant students.
- The President’s deferred action initiative will help universities financially.
For more information, see the Immigration Policy Institute’s Prosecutorial Discretion and Executive Action Resource Page