Houston Public MediaThe Texas Senate has advanced a bill to study the costs to the state of undocumented immigration. Republicans blocked any consideration in the proposed study of the economic benefits such immigrants contribute to the state.
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Texas Senate advances bill requiring annual report on costs of undocumented immigration
The law proposed by state Sen. Mayes Middleton (R-Galveston) would exclude any information on potential benefits from economic activity generated by people without legal status in the United States, such as labor and consumer spending.