Undocumented workers pitch in to Utah economy

Posted on May 14, 2009

Starting July 1, a Utah state law will make it easier to deport undocumented workers. There is debate in Utah about whether its 40,000 undocumented workers hurt or help the state economy. The state government spends millions of dollars each year educating undocumented workers and their children, but the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce estimates that this group contributes, through payroll taxes and consumer spending, $2 billion a year to the state. To read the full article, click here.

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