Evan Horowitz, executive director of the Center for State Policy Analysis, breaks down the data behind Question 1 and explains what's at stake for the state.
It would add an estimated $1.3 billion in annual revenue for the state, according to a report published this year by the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University.
As Evan Horowitz wrote in the report, “for opponents, such formal recognition can seem inappropriate, considering that the federal government controls immigration policy and unauthorized immigrants lack the lawful authority to be in the country.”
"Any effect on alcohol sales, consumption, and consumer convenience would likely be limited," Evan Horowitz, executive director of the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University wrote in an analysis of the ballot question.
A study by Tufts University’s Center for State Policy Analysis estimates that the amount of revenue collected from Question 1 could be reduced by as much as 35 percent between tax avoidance strategies and millionaires moving.
Horowitz dijo que el potencial de que esos registros puedan usarse para identificar y monitorear inmigrantes indocumentados es «difícil de precisar», pero «no es imaginario».
The report warned supporters of the law that they cannot rule out the possibility of a paper trail that “could be used to identify and track people in the future”.
The new law whose ultimate fate is in the hands of voters would give undocumented immigrants "new legitimacy" in Massachusetts by allowing them to acquire driver's licenses