Texas is home to 213,000 Dreamers, including 110,000 DACA recipients, the second highest Dreamer population after California. Nationally, there are over 1.97 million Dreamers. A Dream Act would let our state retain this talent and keep Texas competitive.
Texas thrives on job creation. In 2018, 8,465 Texas Dreamers owned businesses and created jobs.
For Texas to continue its economic growth, we must keep existing talent and attract even more. Dreamers are some of the highest achieving Americans, with 96% either working or in school.
Texas needs hard-working individuals to keep Texans safe, healthy, and fed. Nationally, nearly 542,000 Dreamers are essential workers in healthcare, agriculture, construction, and restaurants and food service.
ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF DREAMERS
It is estimated that DACA recipients create a positive fiscal impact of $3.4 billion each year.
DACA recipients contribute nearly $42 billion to annual GDP. Passing a Dream Act would keep the Texas economy from losing up to $6 billion in GDP annually.
Texas Dreamers contributed $412.8M in state and local taxes, and another $441.1M in Federal taxes.
Texas Dreamers have a collective spending power totaling $2.9B
AMERICAN OPINON OF DREAMERS
Three-fourths of Americans have consistently said they favor legal status for young people brought into the country illegally as children, including 91% of Democrats and 54% of Republicans.
One-third of DACA applicants arrived in the U.S. before the age of five, and have deep roots in our society and economy.
