New Mexico AG co-signs letter asking Congress to legislate tariff refunds for businesses, citizens

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: March 19, 2026

Words: 374

Last Updated: 1 day, 16 hours ago

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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Wednesday signed on to a letter with 17 other attorneys general asking Congress to pass a law that would issue refunds to Americans over President Donald Trump’s “illegal tariffs.”

The U.S. Supreme Court in February ruled that Trump’s tariffs, enacted under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, were illegal. American consumers and businesses paid an estimated $166 billion as a result of the tariffs, the coalition …

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