John,

Let’s dismantle the lie right now: undocumented immigrants are not freeloaders. They’re essential workers. They are taxpayers. In fact, they’re paying more in taxes than many billionaires.

In 2022, undocumented immigrants contributed $96.7 billion in taxes, including $51.8 billion in federal revenue. Their combined effective state and local tax rate is 10.1%—higher than what the top 1% pays in most states.[1]

But that’s not what voters are hearing. They’re hearing fear-mongering, lies, and scapegoating, especially in Latino communities that have already been told by xenophobes that they don’t belong.

That’s why we’re taking our fight for tax fairness to Spanish-language media. Our recent Spanish-language press conference reached 168 million people through news outlets ranging from La Opinión to Telemundo.[2] But we’re up against the anti-tax Koch network that’s spending $20 million to reach the Latino community on the upcoming tax bill. We need your help to fight back and keep our momentum going.

Chip in now to help us fund Spanish-language press and hard-hitting research in English and Spanish that exposes who really pays taxes and who really cheats.

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We know the right-wing’s playbook: spread lies, divide working people, and rig the tax code for billionaires and corporations. They want to pit neighbor against neighbor, deflect blame from the rich and powerful, and vilify workers who harvest our food, care for our elderly, and build our homes.

But here’s the counterattack: organize, mobilize, and never let them control the narrative again. We’re confronting their lies with facts, calling out their hypocrisy in both English and Spanish, and building a tax system that rewards work, not the hoarding of wealth.

Undocumented workers are critical to this economy. They’re paying more than billionaires while getting less in return. They deserve dignity, justice, and truth, not scapegoating.

And across the Latino community, there’s overwhelming support for progressive economic solutions that invest in families and put working people first by making the wealthy and large corporations pay their fair share.[3] Let’s have their backs and call out the real freeloaders: the billionaires and corporations dodging taxes while exploiting immigrant labor.

Pitch in now to power our campaign, amplify immigrant voices, and demand a tax system that works for everyone.

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Together, we can rewrite the rules, expose the real tax cheats, and build an economy where no one is scapegoated to satisfy billionaire greed.

Pablo Willis
Communications Director
Americans for Tax Fairness Action Fund

[1] How Undocumented Immigrants Contribute to Our Economy & Pay Higher Tax Rates Than Many Major Corporations
[2] Los indocumentados pagan más impuestos que 55 grandes empresas y varios multimillonarios
[3] 2024 American Electorate Voter Poll - Hispanic Voters

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John,

In 2022, 10.9 million undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in taxes. Combined, they contributed more than Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and 55 mega-corporations.[1] While the ultra-wealthy and Fortune 500 hide behind loopholes and offshore havens, undocumented workers in this country, barred from many public benefits including Social Security, are propping up our economy and paying their fair share and then some.

Here are the numbers: undocumented immigrants pay a combined effective state and local tax rate of 10.1%, more than the top 1%, who pay just 7.2% on average. On the federal level, they paid a higher tax rate than five of the richest Americans, all while working essential jobs in agriculture, construction, and healthcare. This economic injustice is baked into a system that rewards exploitation and scapegoats the very people holding it up.

The GOP’s agenda is crystal clear: pit struggling people against each other to protect the wallets of the ultra-rich. They point fingers at immigrants while they rewrite the tax code for the wealthiest. It’s a con and we need to call it out—and in more than one language!

That’s why we worked to reach over 168 million people with our recent Spanish-language press briefing, making headlines across Telemundo, El País, and La Opinión (the largest Spanish-language newspaper in the U.S.).[2] That’s the power of truth told boldly. But we can’t stop there.

To fight back against right-wing lies about undocumented immigrants, expose the real tax cheats—billionaires and corporations—and continue to bring our critical research and activism to Spanish-speaking voters, we need your support. Please make a contribution right now.

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Undocumented workers contribute to Social Security, Medicare, and local economies but receive few benefits in return. And still, many are demonized as “takers” by the same politicians pushing to cut programs that immigrants and citizens alike rely on, just to fund tax cuts for the rich.

Let’s not forget the 2024 election showed economic issues—from inflation to jobs, the economy, and housing—were top priorities for Latino voters.[3] And they overwhelmingly support key progressive reforms like corporations and billionaires paying their fair share in taxes.

But because Latino voters are too often ignored by both political parties, their economic and electoral power gets overshadowed, their policy priorities sidelined, and their voices drowned out in the national debate.

That’s why we’re taking our fight against billionaire tax dodgers to Latino voters directly in Spanish and English. They’re paying the price for a broken tax code, and we’re building the grassroots firepower to demand justice. But we need your help to continue reaching Latino voters with our message of tax fairness.

Chip in to support our campaign to reach Latino communities nationwide, fight back against the lies about undocumented immigrants, and take on the right-wing smear machine.