CBP processed billions of dollars through President Trump’s tariff enforcement
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced they have implemented 34 presidential tariff actions directed by the Trump Administration.
Through trade enforcement and revenue collection authorities, in September 2025 alone, CBP processed $294 billion in imports and identified $32 billion in duties owed.
From the start of the administration through the end of Fiscal Year 2025, CBP collected $204 billion from all tariffs, taxes and fees.
"CBP is protecting the economic security of the United States by executing the President’s tariff policy," CBP said. "Through audits, targeting, and frontline import reviews, CBP is enforcing trade law and safeguarding America’s economic sovereignty."
ABC-7 spoke with the president of the Border Industrial Association (BIA) in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, who says the region has lost several businesses, deals, and even jobs since the imposition of various tariffs.
An electric vehicle project for the manufacture of school buses in Santa Teresa was canceled this year due to tariffs on steel and aluminum; these tariffs would have increased the cost of each bus by $75,000.
"If we're getting a taste of tariffs and uncertainty, we could be going into a more uncertain year because that agreement's been reviewed and the three partners in North America have to decide whether we keep that in place or not and I bet you tariffs are going to come into the discussion as leverage on the U.S. side of the equation," said President Pacheco.
According to the BIA, trade on the border involves companies with a presence in all three countries, and the USMCA needs to be reviewed.
"CBP is entrusted with assessing the tariffs and determining how much there is on shipments into the United States and the money goes to the Treasury Department for general funding, whatever the administration wants to put that money, I suppose; but the real question is, with this announcement, how many billions of dollars of tariffs we're collecting," President Pacheco added.
The BIA says that the three North American countries should review the USMCA and have trade certainty regarding tariffs, knowing that all imposed tariffs will remain unchanged over time.
"It concerns me that the Juárez maquiladora industry has lost about 65,000 jobs in the past two years, that's because of the economic uncertainty," President Pacheco said. "That's because of the higher wages in the border area and what worries me is that we get to a point where we become noncompetitive, we lose our competitive edge; that to me is very scary."
"I always say that Juarez is the dog and we're the tail, the dog wags the tail and so if the dog is suffering on that other side of the border, we have to take note and understand what's going on and the implications and what's causing all of this," Pacheco added.
