Council of Economic Advisors<\/a> estimates the U.S. GDP will rise by 0.4 percent after 10 years, \u2018equivalent to an additional $90 billion in real GDP in 2024,\u2019 under the president\u2019s program, partly because of increased productivity from the American labor force that will grow by nearly 150,000 people over 10 years. The impact on U.S.-born workers is not job losses, but a rise in average wages by 0.3 percent in 2024. Also, federal budget deficits are expected to be cut by $25 billion in 2024 because of the growth in the GDP resulting from this important action on immigration.<\/p>\n\u201cThe president\u2019s actions are a good, though temporary and limited, first step. The limitations on this program underscore the need for Congress to enact long-term, comprehensive solutions to the problems we face.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will continue to fight for the rights of all workers, no matter where they were born. Meanwhile, those who do qualify for relief should have the same right and responsibility to lead healthy, productive lives as anyone else. As the world celebrates Human Rights Day today, it is very apt that the Senate Judiciary Committee is highlighting the rights and dignity that will be restored for about 5 million immigrants as under President Obama\u2019s action on immigration.\u201d<\/p>\n
# # #[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”” width=”1\/4″][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”sidebar-1″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n
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[vc_row el_class=”holder” css=”.vc_custom_1444345515294{margin-top: -90px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”” width=”1\/1″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”” width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2014 CONTACT Gebe Martinez, 703-731-9505, gebe.gmnetworking@gmail.com NILC: Obama Action Is About Family Values WASHINGTON \u2014 The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing today on \u201cKeeping Families Together: The President\u2019s Executive Action on Immigration and the Need to Pass Comprehensive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1264"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9758,"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1264\/revisions\/9758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}