People who are undocumented work in a wide range of jobs and pay taxes, and will reduce this country’s longterm deficit, according to two parallel reports released today by Immigration Research Initiative (IRI) that draw on analyses from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Center for Migration Studies.
What’s the Alternative? Instead of Detention Centers, Use Warehouses for Communities
June 26, 2026
Transformation warehouses into ICE detention centers is an inhumane way to treat immigrants. It’s also bad economics and planning for local communities. A report by IRI and National Immigration Law
