Immigration
Immigrants in Texas are the engines of our state’s prosperity.
$17.7 billion
How much the Texas economy would lose per year if the government deported all undocumented immigrants
$192 billion
The amount immigrants contribute to the Texas economy in personal income — 1 in 5 dollars of spending power in the state.
$2.7 trillion
Amount added to the United States GDP since the Supreme Court held that undocumented children must receive public education
$4.9 billion
Dollars that undocumented immigrants in Texas paid in state and local taxes in 2022
But listen to some of our leaders, and they will tell you that they are ruining our streets and making our communities less safe.
Their claims are totally false.
In Houston, U.S. citizens are twice as likely to be charged with a crime than adults who lack U.S. citizenship.
Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) data shows undocumented immigrants have substantially lower crime rates than native- born citizens for every category of felony.
And in Texas, the total criminal conviction rate for undocumented immigrants was41% lower than the rate for native-born citizens.
Governor Abbott and others have claimed American citizens are paying for undocumented kids’ educations. But Texas schools are primarily funded by property taxes, which undocumented homeowners and renters pay.
But these leaders, along with ICE and Border Patrol, are launching disgusting and dangerous attacks on our undocumented population to deliberately inflict harm and distract from their own failed governance. ICE, created only in 2003, is currently parading around our country, following peaceful protestors home to scare them, grabbing children, and throwing tear gas into communities.
And it is happening in Texas.
1 in 4 ICE arrests have happened in Texas.
Of those, 59% of people had not been convicted of a crime.
Austin school district employees have been detained by ICE, including an elementary school teacher.
ICE has also deported a mother and her American-born children.
The Texas Department of Public Safety, at the direction of the Governor, arrested over 3,000 undocumented people in 2025 alone.
88% of those were arrested because officers believed they were undocumented, and nothing more.