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CATO Institute Finds $180 Billion Benefit to Legalizing Illegal Immigrants

By | 08.14.09 | 3:31 pm

A new study from the libertarian CATO Institute concludes that legalizing the more than eight million undocumented workers in the United States would have significant economic benefits for the country, while simply enhancing border enforcement and applying restrictive immigration laws would actually hurt the U.S. economically.