According to a recent study by an institute of Economic Policy in the United States and released in the month of April it was observed that unlawful immigrants who are residing in the country are paying high taxes and their contributions to the Treasury is high. This debunks the popular belief that unlawful immigrants do not pay any taxes, and do not make any contributions to the economy in the country.

There are around 11.4 million unauthorized immigrants who reside in the United States and pay billions of dollars in various taxes. The study said that the contributions that come from taxes of these unlawful immigrants would enhance the immigration reform.

Research and the study found that unlawful immigrants paid almost the same level of taxes – payroll, sales, gas and property taxes. What’s more, these immigrants also paid money for the Social Security system even though they almost never got any benefits out of it.

The findings of the report stated that unlawful immigrants gave considerably to the state and local taxes, and together paid an estimated 11.84 dollars in the year 2012. Therefore it is justified that granting illegal immigrants permanent and lawful residence while allowing them to be employed in the country lawfully; this would increase state and local tax revenues significantly. It is estimated that the reforms would raise the tax contributions by around 850 million dollars every year.