FACTS ABOUT DREAMERS

TEXAS AND U.S. BUSINESSES NEED DREAMERS

• 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.
• Annually, DACA-eligible residents contribute over $19 billion in spending power and $6 billion in taxes to our economy.
• Currently, an estimated 542,000 are essential workers that help keep us all healthy and safe–comprising almost half of all DACA-eligible immigrants.