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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Average American pays $2,400 in taxes to fund Trump’s deportation push, analysis finds

The Trump administration’s deportation push costs the average American nearly $2,400 in taxes, according to analysis, money that could otherwise be spent on improving healthcare, housing and education.

A new tool from the Economic Policy Institute calculated how the $268.9 billion committed by the administration to fund President Donald Trump’s mass deportation and detention push would cost average American taxpayers $2,358.

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