The White House is making good on President Trump’s campaign promises to eject unauthorized immigrants from U.S. soil, with deportation flights rolling out over the weekend. But the economic consequences of deportation and massive rollbacks on immigration could be severe.
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media mention January 28, 2025 Barron’s: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Could Play Havoc with the Economy
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media mention January 27, 2025 Video: ITEP’s Marco Guzman Discusses the Tax Contributions of Undocumented Immigrants on Telemundo
ITEP Senior Policy Analyst Marco Guzman discusses the tax contributions of undocumented immigrants in this TV clip. -
media mention January 27, 2025 The Guardian: Charles Koch’s Network Launches $20m Campaing Backing Trump Tax Breaks
Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the flagship political arm of the rightwing network formed by the fossil fuels billionaire Charles Koch and his late brother David, is launching a multimillion-dollar campaign backing Donald Trump’s plans to extend tax cuts and roll back federal regulations.
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media mention January 27, 2025 Salon: The High Opportunity Cost of Trump’s Economy
President Donald Trump is returning to the White House with the strongest economy in the world; unemployment is low, inflation continues to trend downward and growth is accelerating. Yet, Trump is about to unravel our post-COVID recovery with an attempt to enact a toxic economic agenda of tariffs, mass deportations and tax cuts for the mega-rich. All paid for with cuts to programs that benefit working class Americans.
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media mention January 23, 2025 Newsweek: California Braces for Donald Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
California is gearing up for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, which includes mass deportations and sweeping raids targeting undocumented immigrants. Read more. -
media mention January 22, 2025 Business Insider: Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Could Drain More Than $20 Billion a Year from Social Security
President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans could have a significant economic side effect: draining the Social Security fund. As more Americans reach retirement age — many without adequate savings — Social Security can be a financial… -
media mention January 22, 2025 Audio: ITEP’s Eli Byerly-Duke Discusses California’s Tax System with Stew Jenkins
ITEP State Policy Analyst Eli Byerly Duke appeared on the SLO County Public Policy & The Law program on K-News 98.5 to discuss California’s tax system. Listen here. -
media mention January 20, 2025 Money: Congress Is Gearing Up for a Fight Over Trump’s Tax Cuts
Once the fanfare of Donald Trump’s inauguration fades, Congress has to get to work on taxes — and it won’t be pretty. At issue is the Tax Cuts and Jobs… -
media mention January 20, 2025 Audio: ITEP’s Marco Guzman Talks to NC Newsline About the Costs of Mass Deportation
Among the actions that the new Trump administration is expected to make a top priority in the coming days is an aggressive new mass deportation initiative targeting the nation’s millions… -
media mention January 17, 2025 CNBC: These Five Republicans Are Ready to Derail Trump’s Tax Cuts Over the SALT Cap
An influential group of five House Republicans from high-tax states is threatening to hold up a major tax package that is a top priority for President-elect Donald Trump unless they get a… -
media mention January 16, 2025 Associated Press: Maryland Gov. Moore Includes Income Tax Increases for Wealthy Residents to Help Address $3B Deficit
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore released a budget plan Wednesday that includes higher income tax rates for taxpayers who make more than $500,000, as well as about $2 billion in spending… -
media mention January 15, 2025 MSNBC: Trump Inverts Reality with His Claims about Migrants Hurting Social Security
A key plank of President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign tirades against undocumented immigrants was that they drain vital social services that are facing insolvency threats. “Unlike the Democrats, who are KILLING SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE by allowing the INVASION OF THE MIGRANTS, I will NOT, under any circumstance, allow either of these two precious GEMS to be even touched under a Trump Administration,” he posted on Truth Social in one characteristic broadside last year.
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media mention January 14, 2025 New Mexico In Depth: Poverty Fell More Than a Third in New Mexico Due to Tax Changes, But There’s More to Do
Federal data released last fall show that, after accounting for government benefits, over the last decade the share of New Mexicans experiencing poverty declined more than in almost any other… -
media mention January 13, 2025 New York Times: How Unauthorized Immigrants Help Finance Social Security Benefits
The Social Security Administration receives billions in free money each year from an unexpected source: undocumented immigrants.
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media mention January 2, 2025 CBS News: These 9 States Are Cutting Income Taxes on Jan. 1
Some Americans could get a break on their state income taxes this year, with nine states kicking off 2025 with a reduction in their individual income tax rates. Read more. -
media mention December 17, 2024 Crain’s Chicago Business: Cook County’s Property System is Complex and Burdensome. Here’s How It Can Be Fixed.
Discontent about property tax increases persists not only among Chicagoans, but also among Cook County residents and property owners nationwide. Relief is what everyone wants, as seen by the rate at which municipalities put property tax-related referendums and legislation on the ballots in 2024, says Rita Jefferson, a policy analyst for the Institute of Taxation & Economic Policy, or ITEP.
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media mention December 5, 2024 MSNBC: With the Election Over, Republicans Are Suddenly Interested in Cutting Social Security
It’s hard to find many things that 80% of Americans agree on, but they exist. In various polls taken earlier this year, 4 out of 5 Americans said Joe Biden… -
media mention November 26, 2024 Foreign Policy: What Trump’s Mass Deportations Would Mean for the U.S. Economy.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to conduct “the largest deportation effort in American history,” no matter the price tag—but the economic costs of such a campaign may be bigger than he has bargained for.
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media mention November 23, 2024 The Associated Press: Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Income and Corporate Tax Cuts, Raising Statewide Sales Tax to Pay For It
Louisiana’s GOP-dominated legislature passed tax cuts on personal and corporate income on Friday in exchange for a statewide sales tax increase. Read more. -
media mention November 22, 2024 Capital & Main: Why Mass Deportations Would Cripple California’s Economy
Trump has, after all, already made full-throated declarations that his administration will conduct the largest deportation of undocumented residents in U.S. history. That should resonate in a place like California, with its estimated 1.8 million undocumented immigrants — and it certainly would shake up a state agriculture industry in which nearly half of all workers are undocumented.
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media mention November 21, 2024 Public News Service: Colorado Working Families Would Pay More Under Trump Tax Proposals
President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have promised to pass a new tax bill, and a new report breaks down the expected winners and losers. Joe Hughes, senior policy analyst with the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, says based on Trump’s campaign proposals, the top one percent – those making more than $900,000 a year – will see their tax bill go down by more than $36,000, on average.
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media mention November 20, 2024 USA Today: Trump Deportation Plan Could Target as Many as 1.1 Million People in Florida
With President-elect Donald Trump poised to declare a national emergency to clear the way for the mass deportation of undocumented migrants, Florida may face wholesale disruption in the coming year. Immigration experts say about 5% of Florida’s population – 1.1 million residents – are living here without legal permission. How far Trump goes will be critical in gauging deportation’s impact on communities, families, workplaces and the Florida economy.
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media mention November 20, 2024 Rolling Stone: Team Trump Wants the Poor to Suffer to Fund His Tax Cuts for The Rich
The proposals under discussion would likely increase inequality and hardship in America at a time when nearly 4 in 10 households are struggling to pay their bills. In this case, the cuts to America’s meager safety net would be used to finance an unusually direct transfer of wealth upward. A review of Trump’s 2024 campaign tax promises by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found his proposals, taken together, “would, on average, lead to a tax cut for the richest 5 percent of Americans and a tax increase for all other income groups.”
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media mention November 19, 2024 Salon: “No Mistake on Who They’re Serving”: Republicans Eye Medicaid, SNAP Cuts to Pay for Trump Tax Plan.
President-elect Donald Trump and his advisers are eyeing major cuts to federal safety net programs like Medicaid and food stamps to balance the cost of their massive tax agenda, The Washington Post reported Monday.
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media mention November 15, 2024 Associated Press: Sweeping Tax Overhaul in Louisiana Hits Snag in Sales Tax Expansion
Louisiana lawmakers on Thursday postponed a vote on a key bill in Gov. Jeff Landry’s sweeping and complex tax reform package.