Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeThe 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 cost varies by region, with areas contributing more in federal income tax carrying a larger burden of the projected amount. Americans in Mississippi, for example, would pay $1,376 on average compared to $2,421 in Nevada, according to the calculator.