CBP tells court it cannot refund $166B in illegal IEEPA tariffs

U.S. Customs and Border Protection filed a court response stating it could not comply with the timeline ordered by a federal judge for refunding $166 billion in IEEPA tariffs the Supreme Court had struck down as unlawful. CBP cited insufficient technology, staffing, and processes to handle the 53 million entries involved, proposing instead a future automated portal system. The admission revealed a federal agency structurally incapable of unwinding an executive branch action even after judicial intervention.