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How much? \u00a0For 2013, the figure for Pennsylvania was $139 million in state and local taxes\u00a0— plus an undetermined amount in federal taxes. \u00a0Prof. Jennifer Lee of the Sheller Center points out, in this article<\/a> from Philly.com, that the study recently released by the\u00a0Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows that “there is another narrative out there about immigrants, apart from the prevailing one we hear a lot in this presidential election year.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How much? \u00a0For 2013, the figure for Pennsylvania was $139 million in state and local taxes\u00a0— plus an undetermined amount in federal taxes. \u00a0Prof. Jennifer Lee of the Sheller Center points out, in this article from Philly.com, that the study recently released by the\u00a0Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows that “there is another narrative … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"generate_page_header":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nUndocumented immigrants "are contributing plenty" - Elder Justice Consortium<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/law.temple.edu\/ejc\/2016\/03\/01\/undocumented-immigrants-are-contributing-plenty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Undocumented immigrants "are contributing plenty" - Elder Justice Consortium\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How much? \u00a0For 2013, the figure for Pennsylvania was $139 million in state and local taxes\u00a0— plus an undetermined amount in federal taxes. \u00a0Prof. Jennifer Lee of the Sheller Center points out, in this article from Philly.com, that the study recently released by the\u00a0Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows that “there is another narrative ... 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