Americans For Tax Reform, the conservative advocacy group led by Grover Norquist, is out with a broadside against a “flawed” new Heritage study claiming immigration reform would boost the deficit by $6.3 trillion over the next several decades. According to ATR, the study doesn’t factor in economic growth created by immigrants and exaggerates the number of individuals who would be affected by the bill. Norquist has been a leading backer of immigration reform and ATR is one of several prominent conservative groups criticizing Heritage this week, which usually is closely aligned with their stance on fiscal policy.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=169578