Just how bad is the Alabama HB 56 law? Well, the numbers are in for this state as well.

Alabama’s economy would shrink by $40 million if just 10,000 undocumented immigrants stopped working in the state due to the law out of a total 120,000 undocumented immigrants that live there, according to the Center for American Progress.

The state also stands to lose hundreds of millions in tax revenue as undocumented immigrants paid $130 million in taxes to the state in 2010.

One Alabama farmer “estimates he’s lost $300,000 because of labor shortages caused by the law.” I hope that Senator Deal and his allies continue to push for a drastic reform to this law, as they promised (see our previous article on “Are Republicans Changing Their Mind in Alabama?”)

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