Again, the CBP is not normally mandated from above to collect illegal tariffs on a large scale, so it not really their fault that they are not set up to immediately issue refunds at this scale. Furthermore they are not asking to be excused from issuing refunds, just for a 45 day extension to finish setting up their systems.
If anyone deserves the ire from all of this, it is Trump for creating this situation in the first place, not the CBP. Edit: Oh, and also the Supreme Court for not issuing an injection immediately on this but rather taking their sweet time and allowing the scale of the refunds needed to grow and grow.
Again, the CBP is not normally mandated from above to collect illegal tariffs on a large scale, so it not really their fault that they are not set up to immediately issue refunds at this scale. Furthermore they are not asking to be excused from issuing refunds, just for a 45 day extension to finish setting up their systems.
If anyone deserves the ire from all of this, it is Trump for creating this situation in the first place, not the CBP. Edit: Oh, and also the Supreme Court for not issuing an injection immediately on this but rather taking their sweet time and allowing the scale of the refunds needed to grow and grow.