But the Century Foundation analysis, published in Mother Jones, estimates that in 2005, “we can be virtually certain that illegal immigrants earned less than $24,000 per year, on average, probably much less.”
That’s about $29,177 in 2014 dollars. According to theCongressional Budget Office, a person making that kind of money would pay negligible federal taxes, and receive around $10,000 in government benefits.
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