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Congresssional Budget Office
July 2024

Effects of the Immigration Surge on the Federal Budget and the Economy


In its analysis of benefit eligibility, CBO relied on data from federal agencies for fiscal years 2021 to 2023. Those data include information from the Department of Homeland Security about monthly encounters, custody and transfers, grants of parole, asylum applications and grants, and employment authorizations, as well as data from the Executive Office for Immigration Review about asylum cases.9 CBO also used federal data published by nongovernmental organizations that were obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests.10


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