The US raked in an astonishing $37.8 billion from import duties in April and May as Donald Trump's tariffs began to kick in.

The staggering figures show the real cost for businesses, but the real benefits to the Treasury's coffers.

The government raked in $15.6 billion in April, before leaping 42 percent to $22.2 billion in May, according to Treasury data.

The duties collected in May accounted for 6 percent of the government's total income for the month.

Although the figures are an all-time high for imports, it is still below what Trump has previously claimed the US is making as a result of his tariffs.

Historically most import duties have been generated from taxing goods from China, but Chinese imports have dropped dramatically since Trump implemented a series of punitive tariffs.

In April the US imported just $24 billion-worth of goods from China, the lowest number since 2010 other than the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic.

So far this year the US has collected $22.5 billion from duties on Chinese imports.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-14810989/astonishing-figures-money-US-making-Trump-tariffs.html

The Democratic narrative is that we need illegal aliens to do jobs no one else is willing to do. But, the only job illegal aliens are willing to do that Americans aren’t is voting for Democrats. Nebraska provides us with a prime example. ICE raided Glenn Valley Foods, arresting 76 illegal workers. So, how long did it take to replace those 76 illegal aliens with American workers? Two days. Glenn Valley Foods did not have to shut down due to the presence of undocumented immigrants. Gee, who knew? Besides Republicans, that is.

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed the operation targeted a large-scale scheme of employing aliens without legal work authorization. The raid was on Tuesday, and by Friday, deportations began for the illegal aliens. Sheriff Jerome Kramer noted none are “violent offenders,” but let’s be clear: they broke our laws, and they’re paying the price. According to NBC News, every seat in the plant’s waiting area was filled with prospective new hires, just 48 hours after federal agents cleared out the illegals.

NBC News reported:

Every seat in the waiting area of Glenn Valley Foods was occupied with people filling out job applications early Thursday afternoon, two days after the meatpacking plant became the center of the largest worksite immigration raid in the state of Nebraska so far this year.

Dozens of prospective employees, many of them Spanish speakers, had been coming in and out of the plant all day. Some were hoping to land a new job; others were coming in for training.

The scene gave the company’s president, Chad Hartmann, a glimmer of hope amid the chaos that ensued after Tuesday’s raid purged roughly half of his staff — many of whom had been longtime employees of the company, which has been processing boxed beef for more than 15 years.

https://rpwmedia.com/mass-deportation-works-american-workers-rush-to-fill-jobs-once-taken-by-illegal-aliens-in-nebraska/