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The Rio Grande Valley will pay over $300 million in taxes for Trump's raids in their own neighborhoods

August 13, 2026

As immigration enforcement raids unfold in South Texas neighborhoods, families are paying in anxiety and economic loss. A new study shows taxpayers in the region will also foot the tax bill in the hundreds of millions for Trump's mass deportations.

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