It may have been the Norwegians and the Swedes, then the Hmongs and the Somalis, but it's the same story coming to America for a chance to start and then contribute to a better state. Thank you so much, Governor Walz. And in fact, According to the American Community Survey, immigrants paid $382 billion in federal taxes and 196.3 billion in state and local taxes in 2022. Undocumented immigrants using individual tax identification numbers paid 59.4 billion in federal and 13.6 billion in state and local taxes in 2022. Governor Pritzker, you recently called immigrants the anchors of their communities. (03:33–03:46)
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