Last Updated on November 13, 2026 4:07 pm by INDIAN AWAAZ
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US President Donald Trump has threatened to double tariffs on Mexico unless it stops migrant caravans travelling towards the United States, linking trade penalties to his demand for tighter immigration enforcement. In a social media post, Trump said groups were forming and moving through Mexico.
He warned that they would not be admitted to the United States and said Mexican authorities and US immigration agencies had been informed.
The post did not specify which tariffs would be increased, the goods they would cover or the legal authority for imposing them.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded that no migrant caravan had reached the US border since Trump returned to office in January 2025. Trump tied his warning to the US midterm elections, suggesting the political outcome had encouraged renewed migration.
His post offered no evidence establishing that connection. Mexico is both a destination for migrants and a transit country for people travelling north from Central America towards the United States. The two countries share a land border, making migration management a recurring subject of bilateral relations.