Houston Public MediaIn 2006, Texas State Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn set out to assess the impact undocumented Texans have on the state economy and found they contributed more to Texas than they cost the state. It was the last time Texas did such a study.
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Texas hasn’t updated 2006 study showing undocumented immigrants contribute more than they cost state
A comptroller’s report found that deporting the estimated 1.4 million undocumented immigrants living in Texas in 2005 would have cost the state about $17.7 billion in gross domestic product.
