Report: Trump mass deportation policies cost Tennessee taxpayers $1,961 apiece

By: Anita Wadhwani

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: August 13, 2026

Words: 469

Last Updated: 5 days, 10 hours ago

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Tennessee taxpayers are paying about $1,961 each to fund the Trump administration’s mass deportation policies, according to an analysis of the federal budget released by the Economic Policy Institute.

The think tank developed an online tool that calculates the average taxpayer’s share of the estimated $268.9 billion cost of deportations through the end of President Donald Trump’s term.

The calculator draws on IRS income data, estimates by the Institute for Policy Studies of projected …

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