CBO Study Says Reform Will Cut Deficit

WASHINGTON — The Congressional Budget Office came out with a study that claims immigration reform would cut almost a trillion dollars from the deficit thanks to the surge of additional taxpayers.
Conservatives had assumed that the study would bolster their argument against immigration reform, showing a continued deficit; they argue that illegal immigrants take more out of the government system than they put in, but the study finds the opposite to be true.

Republican Senator Jeff Sessions from Alabama claims that the study is fraudulent and used "gimmicks" to muddy the water, so to speak. “As a result, the score effectively conceals some of the biggest long-term costs to taxpayers contained in this legislation, including providing illegal immigrants with Medicaid, food stamps and cash welfare,” Sessions argues.

With the majority of GOP Congressmen against the bill, the Republicans turn to Speaker John Boehner. Having a reputation for pushing through measures without a majority of GOP support, popular opinion is that he has violated the "Hastert rule," the bills he supported helped avert a fiscal showdown, provided relief for victims of Hurricane Sandy and passed the Violence Against Women Act — but he explicitly said on Tuesday that he would not take up an immigration bill without the support of a majority of his party.

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