US President Donald Trump attends a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, US, November 11, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper
President Donald Trump threatened to “IMMEDIATELY” double tariffs on Mexico unless it stops migrant caravans heading north, and blamed the caravans on Republicans’ “perceived loss” in last week’s midterms.
“Here we go again! With the perceived loss by the Republicans in the Midterms - I WAS NOT ON THE BALLOT- the INVASION of our Country is taking place again. Huge CARAVANS are forming and beginning their illegal march through Mexico,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
“MEXICO MUST STOP THEM, NOW, and if they do not do so, the Tariffs on Mexico will be IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED,” he added. “There will be no leniency!”
Trump said that Mexico, Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and “THE VERY LIBERAL NEW GOVERNOR OF TEXAS” had been informed, a swipe at Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic Texas governor-elect who unseated Gov. Greg Abbott last week and has not yet taken office.
A caravan of roughly 1,000 migrants entered southern Mexico on Nov. 6, according to Latin Times. Mexican authorities blocked a separate group of about 100 migrants on Nov. 10.
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