The Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, is out with a major new research study showing that immigrants, both legal and illegal, contribute significantly more in taxes than they receive in public benefits.

And there's more: because immigrants (both legal and not) are such large net-contributors of tax revenue, they also structurally reduce government budget deficits.

The study finds that immigrants reduced the U.S. debt by nearly a third — or $14.5 trillion — from 1994 to 2023.

https://www.cato.org/commentary/immigrants-reduce-americas-deficit-congress-should-take-notice