Haaland Encourages New Mexico Businesses to Get Their Money Back, Slams Trump’s Illegal Tariffs

Albuquerque, N.M. -This week, tariff refund applications opened, and businesses in New Mexico are now able to apply through an online portal to receive a refund if they were affected by Trump’s tariffs. The refunds come as a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling that Trump’s tariffs are illegal. U.S. Customs owes an estimated $166 billion in tariff refunds. 

“As many New Mexicans struggle to get by, Donald Trump’s tariffs are making us poorer. In my administration, we will work hand in hand with our small businesses to help them apply for the money they lost from Trump’s illegal tariffs. Furthermore, New Mexico will expand the Working Families Tax Credit and the Child Tax Credit to give money directly to people facing this affordability crisis. When Trump fails us, New Mexico will step up,” said Haaland.

Last summer, Haaland visited a coffee roaster in Las Cruces, who discussed how the costs and uncertainty of Trump’s tariffs had limited his ability to hire workers and expand his business. Haaland released her Affordability Agenda that demonstrates her broad experience as a working mom who lived paycheck to paycheck, a Congresswoman who held Trump accountable and a cabinet secretary who invested billions of dollars to secure good-paying jobs in New Mexico. In the plan, Haaland lays out how she will restrict Wall Street from buying up New Mexico’s housing, boost clean energy to lower utility costs, and fill the gaps for Trump’s cuts to small business programs.

Haaland’s Affordability Agenda has broad support from New Mexico leaders, local business owners, and families.