A new study by the Pew Hispanic Center shows that Latino children now make up 22% of all children under the age of 18 in the U.S.—a huge increase from 9% in 1980. As the vast majority of these kids are U.S. citizens, nearly all of them will be raised and educated in the U.S. and become tomorrow’s workers, taxpayers, and parents. So before anti-immigrant groups use these numbers to argue that immigration costs the nation too much—i.e. the cost of educating these children, who are our country’s future leaders—we should review a National Academies study that reminds us that a child’s education is an investment: “Children who consume services and pay no taxes today become contributing taxpayers tomorrow.” Read more at ImmigrationImpact.com. (May 28, 2009)
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