New briefs from Bell: Taxes paid by undocumented immigrants offset large share of federally mandated services

Type: Press Release
Published Date: June 30, 2006
Author: McGregor, Heather

New findings from the Bell Policy Center show that undocumented immigrants in Colorado pay $159 million to $194 million in state and local taxes, an amount equal to 70 to 86 percent of their K-12 education, emergency health care and incarceration costs.