U.S. Customs and Border Protection, based in the US, is an organization founded in 2003 and employing approximately 8,070 individuals. Functioning as part of the Department of Homeland Security, the entity specializes in government administration, providing border protection within the US.
On May 1, 2026, the Trump administration began returning $166 billion in tariff refunds, launching a new portal for U.S. importers to claim their money back, though consumers who paid higher prices on imported goods are unlikely to benefit. This action followed earlier reports on May 1, indicating that the federal government expected to issue the first refunds of President Donald Trump’s invalidated tariffs on or about May 11, according to new court documents. Separately, on May 1, residents reported that President Donald Trump’s expansion of the wall along the southern border with Mexico damaged a Native American archaeological site in the Arizona desert, as the administration rapidly builds hundreds of miles of additional barriers in a $46.5 billion project.
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