In a Thursday morning post, the President tied the new caravans to last week's midterm results and promised no leniency. Mexico had not publicly responded in the first hours.
By CLAIRE DONOVANImmigration & Border Security · Nov 12, 9:24 AM
WASHINGTON — President Trump on Thursday ordered Mexico to stop the migrant caravans moving north through its territory, warning that the tariffs on Mexican goods will be doubled immediately if it does not.
"Huge CARAVANS are forming and beginning their illegal march through Mexico," the President wrote in a Truth Social post Thursday morning, Fox News reported. He said the people in the caravans were not wanted by other countries and would not be accepted, and he made the demand plain: "MEXICO MUST STOP THEM, NOW," according to Reuters. He added there would be no leniency.
The New York Post reported that the President vowed to double all current U.S. tariffs on Mexico if the country allows a caravan of more than 1,000 migrants to reach the border. The post itself did not name a rate, a legal authority or a deadline beyond "immediately".
Mr. Trump linked the new movement directly to the midterm elections. He wrote that the caravans followed what he called the perceived loss by Republicans, noted that he was not on the ballot, and said that Mexico, the outgoing and incoming governors of Texas, the Border Patrol and ICE had all been informed. Reuters noted that the warning came days after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress.
The Washington Examiner reported that crowds of mostly Central American migrants have been moving through Mexico in recent weeks.…
