Migrantless Arizona economic output would drop 8.2%
Tagged: Arizona, University of ArizonaPosted on: July 12th, 2007“If all undocumented workers were removed from Arizona’s workforce, economic output would drop annually by at least $29 billion, or 8.2 percent, according to a University of Arizona report released Wednesday.
The study is based on Census Bureau and other data from 2004, the most complete year available, and assumed most non-citizens in the state are undocumented.
It also found that Arizona’s documented and undocumented immigrants generate nearly $44 billion in output annually. “
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