Immigration
- Presentation
What Changes in Federal Policy Might Spur Innovation?
Presentation by Doug Elmendorf, CBO Director, at the Kauffman Foundation Conference on Federal Tax Policy and Entrepreneurship
- Report
Letter to the Honorable Jeff Sessions Regarding S. 744
Letter to the Honorable Jeff Sessions regarding the effect that S. 744, as passed by the Senate, would have on the federal budget excluding changes in direct spending and revenues for the Social Security and Medicare Part A trust funds.
- Cost Estimate
S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act
As passed by the Senate on June 27, 2013
- Cost Estimate
Senate Amendment 1183 to S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act
Posted on the website of the Committee on the Judiciary on June 21, 2013
- Blog Post
CBO Releases Two Analyses of the Senate’s Immigration Legislation
CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimate that enacting S. 744 would generate changes in direct spending and revenues that would decrease federal budget deficits by $197 billion over the 2014–2023 period.
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The Economic Impact of S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act
S. 744 would boost economic output—CBO projects—by 3.3 percent in 2023 and by 5.4 percent in 2033. Employment, investment, and productivity would increase, but average wages would be less than under current law until 2025.
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A Description of the Immigrant Population—2013 Update
About 40 million foreign-born people now live in the United States, accounting for about 13 percent of the total population.
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Snapshot of the Educational Attainment of People Ages 25 to 64 in the United States, by Birthplace, 2012
In 2012, 27 percent of the foreign-born population between the ages of 25 and 64 had not completed high school, compared with 7 percent of the native-born population.
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Snapshot of the Foreign-Born Population in the United States, 1860 to 2010
By 2010, nearly 40 million foreign-born people lived in the United States, constituting about 13 percent of the U.S. population.
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Snapshot of the Number of Unauthorized Foreign-Born People in the United States, 2000 and 2011
The Department of Homeland Security has estimated that, in 2011, about 11.5 million U.S. residents were in the country without legal authorization—about 3 million more than in 2000.