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The Economic Contributions of Immigrants to Nassau and Suffolk Counties

This report was released on October 20th, 2008.

http://events.adelphi.edu/news/st...nglongisland/strengthening_LI.pdf

Unfortunately, this is a .pdf file, however here's an excerpt from the executive summary of the report:

A Report Prepared for the Hagedorn Foundation, Mariano Torras, Ph.D., Adelphi University, Project Director

Strengthening Long Island: The Economic Contributions of Immigrants to Nassau and Suffolk Counties

Excerpt:

As workers, consumers, and taxpayers, immigrants--documented as well as undocumented--make important contributions to the Long Island economy. Immigrant Long Islanders added $10.6 billion to total Long Island output and generated an estimated 82,000 jobs in 2006 as a result of their consumer spending. Their overrepresentation among "prime working age" people further suggests that immigrants are an economically productive force on Long Island. In addition, Long Island immigrants contribute positively to local government budgets. This study finds that immigrants contribute $2,305 more per resident to local revenues than they receive in local expenditures on education, health care, and corrections. The magnitude of the figure strongly suggests that both documented and undocumented immigrants are net contributors to the Long Island economy.