Economic Benefits of Granting Deferred Action to DREAMers

Some worry that giving work permits to thousands of DREAMers will make a depressed job market even worse.  Wrong.  Here's why:

The President’s deferred action initiative:

• gives beneficiaries the opportunity to increase their standard of living—and their tax contributions;
• will not harm U.S.-born workers;
• will encourage economic growth;
• will likely reduce the drop-out rate for immigrant students; and
• will help universities financially.

IPC, June 22, 2012.