Trump Rejects His Own Administration’s Report On Refugees After It Finds Positive Results
Trump administration had report changed after results didn’t match their ideology.
The Trump administration rejected its own study about the impact of refugees after it found they have a positive economic impact for the United States.
According to a New York Times report, officials rejected a draft report produced by the Department of Health and Human Services because the study said refugees brought in $63 billion more in government revenue over the past decade than they cost agencies.
The finding undercuts a key argument by Trump and conservatives that immigrants and refugees cost the U.S. by using social services.
The draft report, according to the New York Times, found that from 2005 to 2014, refugees “contributed an estimated $269.1 billion in revenues to all levels of government” through federal, state and local taxes.
“Overall, this report estimated that the net fiscal impact of refugees was positive over the 10-year period, at $63 billion,” the Times continued.
The Trump administration changed the final report to say “in an average year over the 10-year period, per-capita refugee costs for major H.H.S. programs totaled $3,300.”
Read the full New York Times report here.
