Like it or not, there are more than 10 million illegal immigrants residing in the United States. The status quo forces them to work under the table and in the shadows. A new study concludes that providing legal status and a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants would be a boon for the economy — and good news for native-born residents, too.

Conducted by the liberal-leaning Center for American Progress in conjunction with the University of California, Davis, the analysis estimates the impact that a pathway to citizenship would have on the economy. It finds that such an amnesty initiative would grow the economy by $1.7 trillion over 10 years. (For context, that figure is similar in size to President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cut.) Moreover, the analysts report that the pathway to citizenship would fuel the creation of 438,800 new jobs.