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.
$30 Million to Protect $186 Billion: The Case for Investing in Census Accuracy in New York State
April 2, 2026
New York stands to protect $186 billion in census-guided federal funding by investing $30 million now to ensure an accurate 2030 Census count that supports fair representation, strong communities, and
