President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda could cost Bexar County taxpayers more than $1.13 billion by the time his second term ends in 2028, according to a new online calculator created by the Economic Policy Institute.
The left-leaning D.C.-based think tank’s Cost of Deportations calculator shows how much U.S. taxpayer money is being spent on mass deportations at the national, state, county, congressional district and city levels — and for the average federal taxpayer.
San Antonio Current
August 11, 2026
Widening pay gap? Some 63% of women said they would feel pressure to accept a lower-paying job after a layoff, compared to 52% of men, according to a recent Glassdoor survey seen by Bloomberg. That could exacerbate the pay gap that’s been widening since 2024, the Economic Policy Institute reported.
HR Brew
August 11, 2026
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.
The Independent
August 11, 2026
This from MSNow (link below):
By Ja’han Jones
$2,358 per person.
It’s a number that shows the impacts of President Donald Trump’s destructive economic agenda and bigoted anti-immigrant agenda in stark relief.
According to a new tool launched by the Economic Policy Institute, that’s the whopping amount American taxpayers are shelling out on average to fund Trump’s mass deportation push.
Daily Kos
August 10, 2026
Orange County’s staffing gap mirrors a national trend. A report cited by the Economic Policy Institute found the K-12 school bus driver workforce nationwide contracted by 12% between 2019 and 2023, with retirements and split-shift schedules slowing any recovery. Neighboring districts are feeling identical pressure heading into the new school year: Polk County Public Schools reported needing approximately 70 additional drivers in July to service 50,000 daily riders across 2,600 routes, a shortfall Hoodline previously reported was pushing that district to the brink before the first bell.
Hoodline
August 10, 2026
Perhaps one of the more sobering findings is that higher education has not served as the financial buffer it once did. Nearly all Black adults, including those with college degrees, saw their financial standing worsen last year. Among Black college-educated adults specifically, the share reporting financial comfort dropped by nearly seven percentage points, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
The gap between Black and white adults on this measure is also widening. While more than three quarters of Black adults said making ends meet was at least a minor concern, that figure rose by eight percentage points in a single year. Among white, non-Hispanic adults surveyed over the same period, that number actually fell.
Rolling Out Magazine
August 10, 2026
Economic Policy Institute reported in 2025 that Amazon, alongside Starbucks and Trader Joe’s, had engaged in retaliatory actions to stifle organizing efforts. Across the three companies, the report documented tactics such as reducing workers’ hours until they became ineligible for health care coverage and other benefits, closing or threatening to close unionizing locations, and providing raises or other benefits to nonunion employees while denying them to workers who had organized.
MoneyDigest
August 10, 2026
The Trump administration’s mass deportation plan will cost each taxpayer $2,358 over the next two and a half years, according to a new estimate from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). In total, the figure reaches $268.9 billion.
The money comes directly from federal income taxes. The EPI published a calculator on August 5 that breaks down the spending by state, county, and city.
El Tiempo Latino
August 10, 2026
Pennsylvania taxpayers would pay nearly $2,100 each for President Trump’s mass deportation push, per a new calculator from the Economic Policy Institute.
Axios Pittsburgh
August 10, 2026
With the money being spent by the federal government on mass deportations, Oregon could hire 9,500 teachers or more than 6,000 nurses.
A new calculator released by the Economic Policy Institute will figure the cost of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign in any state, county or city, along with the equivalent value of various social services. The calculator shows deportations have cost $3 billion in Oregon.
Gordon Lafer, professor in the Labor Education and Research Center at the University of Oregon and research associate at the institute, said it is shocking to see such a high price tag while so many people are struggling to pay for food, housing and health insurance.
Public News Service
August 10, 2026