About 67.000 will benefit from the new program on children. That is an estimated 204.000 people in New Jersey who can come out of the shadows and contribute to the community and the economy. These are moms and dads. good people. hardworking people who can register with the government. pass a background check. get a work permit. pay taxes. take care of their families. and no longer fear deportation. The fact is. because of the Presidents Executive action. more felons will be deported. more resources will go to our border. more families will stay together. and more people will pay taxes. These are all good things. The Council of Economic Advisers has found that over the next decade the range of Executive actions announced by the President will increase our gross domestic product by up to 0.9 percent. it will reduce the Federal deficit by $25 billion through increased economic growth. and it will raise the average wages for U.S. workers by 0.3 percent. The Executive action the President has taken and the Republicans have criticized will increase the productivity of our workforce. How? By allowing thosefrom undocumented immigrants to spouses of highly skilled HlB visa holdersto be part of the formal economy and match the skills they have with the skills needed by entrepreneurial startups that they often create. By the way. that is a fraction of the economic benefits of what we did here on a bipartisan basis that has been sitting in the House of Representatives for the last 11/2 years. The Senate bill we passed. according to the Congressional Budget Officethe nonpartisan scoring division of everything we do herewill increase the gross domestic product of the United States by over 3 percent in 2023less than 9 yearsand 5.4 percent in 2033. which is an increase of roughly $700 billion in 2023 and $1.4 trillion in 2033.
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