Reid: Immigration Reform Will Reduce The Deficit By $1 Trillion Over Two Decades

REID: Regardless of how they got here or why they lack the proper documents, these 11 million people play a crucial role in our economy and a vital role in our communities. Mr. President, that was proven last night at 5:00 when the Congressional Budget Office –this non-partisan arm that we look to for what things cost and don’t cost here on Capitol Hill with our legislation – they issued a statement yesterday that this bill certainly, it’s on the floor today, is good for the economy, as I will say a couple of times during my brief remarks here. Its going, over the next two decades, what’s left in this one and the next one, reduce the deficit in America by almost a trillion dollars.

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Reid: Immigration Reform Will Reduce The Deficit By $1 Trillion Over Two Decades