Undocumented worker ruling could rattle Oregon’s economy

As a federal court decision nears that could require employers to verify workers’ Social Security numbers, Oregon employers and economists are trying to gauge the possible economic impacts.

The most recent analysis says the state could lose up to $656 million in tax revenues and 173,500 jobs — a huge rock in Oregon’s economic pond that could ripple beyond undocumented workers to the services, businesses and industries they support and spend money on.”*

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