Trump Issues Blunt Warning as 1,500 Migrants Head Through Mexico
Andrew Powell · Nov 12, 2026 · 2 min read
President Donald Trump is threatening to double tariffs on Mexico if the country fails to stop a migrant caravan making its way north toward the U.S. border.
According to Fox News, Trump said in a Thursday morning Truth Social post that large groups of migrants were gathering and beginning what he described as an “illegal march through Mexico.”
He argued that some countries were sending people they did not want to the United States.
“MEXICO MUST STOP THEM, NOW, and if they do not do so, the Tariffs on Mexico will be IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED,” Trump wrote. He added that Mexican officials, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement had been informed there would be “no leniency.”
The president also tied the latest migration concerns to the midterm elections, suggesting perceived Republican losses had spurred renewed efforts to bring migrants into the country. Trump noted that he was not on the ballot.
The caravan, estimated to include roughly 1,500 people, mostly from Central America, departed Tuesday from Tapachula in southern Mexico, near the Guatemalan border.
The warning comes as changes in state leadership could affect some immigration enforcement efforts. In Texas, Democratic Attorney General-elect Nathan Johnson could choose to stop defending Senate Bill 4, a state law allowing authorities to arrest and prosecute people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the law to take effect in April while a legal challenge continues. Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton remains in office until Johnson takes over Jan. 1, 2027.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, meanwhile, pushed back against calls to ease immigration enforcement. Speaking Wednesday on “The Will Cain Show,” Uthmeier rejected the idea of amnesty and defended Florida's deportation efforts.