President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions are projected to increase the U.S. economy by at least $90 billion by 2024, and the economic growth includes billions of dollars for the 26 states suing against the president's actions.

While Obama did not elaborate on immigration during his State of the Union address, the White House published how much each state's GDP will increase as a result of his Nov. 20, 2014, immigration executive actions.

The White House's data comes as more than half of country's states formed a coalition to block the immigration executive actions through the federal court. As Latin Post reported, 26 states filed a lawsuit to stop Obama's "illegal attempt" to have approximately 4.9 million eligible undocumented immigrants temporarily avoid deportation. Then-Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who has since become the state's governor, filed the lawsuit. The current Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, has continued the effort.

Joining Texas in the lawsuit against the immigration executive actions are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

"As President Obama himself has said numerous times, he lacks the authority to impose amnesty. His actions represent a blatant case of overreach and clear abuse of power," Paxton said in a statement.

The White House has defended Obama's legal authority to issue the Nov. 20 executive actions. His executive actions will grant approximately 4.9 million undocumented immigrants to temporarily avoid deportation by applying for deferred action programs, namely the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA). The deferred action programs will give eligible undocumented immigrants the opportunity to obtain work permits and participate in the job market and continue their education.

"These actions not only live up to our heritage as a nation but are essential to building on our hopes for a brighter future. In fact, the President's steps will allow people to contribute more fully to their communities and spark an economic boost for every single state," wrote Tanya Somanader, deputy director of digital content for the White House's Office of Digital Strategy.

Somander published on the White House blog the GDP increases each state will receive. For the 26 states, the GDP will increase as the following:

Alabama: $1,000,000,000; Arizona: $1,500,000,000; Arkansas: $660,000,000; Florida: $4,300,000,000; Georgia: $2,400,000,000; Idaho: $330,000,000; Indiana: $1,700,000,000; Kansas: $770,000,000; Louisiana: $1,400,000,000; Maine: $290,000,000; Michigan: $2,300,000,000; Mississippi: $560,000,000; Montana: $230,000,000; Nebraska: $580,000,000; Nevada: $700,000,000; North Carolina: $2,500,000,000; North Dakota: $300,000,000; Ohio: $3,000,000,000; Oklahoma: $970,000,000; South Carolina: $980,000,000; South Dakota: $250,000,000; Tennessee: $1,500,000,000; Utah: $1,800,000,000; West Virginia: $390,000,000 and Wisconsin: $1,500,000,000.

Among the 26 states, Texas is expected to see the highest GDP growth with the executive actions. The White House estimated $8.2 billion for Texas' GDP growth. Overall, the 26 states will contribute to $39.219 billion in GDP growth.

California is not among the 26 states suing the executive actions, however, the state has the distinction of benefiting the most from the executive actions as its GDP is projected to increase by $11.700 billion over the next 10 years.

The White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) estimated the U.S. GDP also projected a "plausible upper-bound projection, based on the more optimistic estimates in the economic literature" that the country's GDP could increase by 0.9 percent, or the equivalent of $210 billion by 2024.

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