Trump threatens Mexico with another major tariff hike over migrant "caravans"

On November 12, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose new, immediate tariffs on Mexico if its government fails to stop the migrant caravans attempting to reach U.S. territory.

"Here we go again! With the perceived defeat of the Republicans in the midterms, I wasn't on the ballot, the INVASION of our country is happening once more. Large caravans are forming and beginning their illegal march through Mexico," the president stated in a message posted on his platform, Truth Social.

"Many of the people in these caravans are those whom various countries do not want, 'send them to America,' they say, but they will not be accepted! Mexico must stop them now, and if they fail to do so, tariffs on Mexico will be doubled immediately," he threatened.

He also stated that he had already informed the Mexican government, Texas’s Republican Governor Greg Abbott, Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa, a Democrat whom he described as "very liberal", as well as the Border Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), about this measure.

• A caravan of 1,500–2,000 migrants is heading toward the U.S. border from southern Mexico

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