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Trump Threatens to Double Tariffs on Mexico Over Migrant Caravan
President Donald Trump said he will double tariffs on goods from Mexico unless it stops migrant caravans moving toward the U.S. border.
President Donald Trump has threatened to double tariffs on Mexico unless Mexican authorities stop migrant caravans heading toward the United States. The warning was posted on Truth Social on Thursday morning, in which Trump also tied the caravans to Republican losses in the midterm elections.
According to the reporting, the current caravan includes roughly 1,000 to 1,500 migrants, most of them from Central America. The group left Tapachula, a city near the Guatemalan border, on Tuesday. Migrants have said they hope Democratic gains in the midterms will open pathways to work and residency in the United States, a hope that reflects the political shift they are watching closely. The caravan is not the only recent movement: a separate group of about 100 migrants was blocked by Mexican authorities on November 10.
Trump said in his post that Mexico, the Border Patrol, ICE and Texas officials had all been informed of the situation. The notes do not indicate any formal response from Mexican officials to the tariff threat, and it remains unclear whether Mexico will act on the demand. The threat therefore leaves open both the question of whether the tariffs would be imposed and whether the caravan would be halted by Mexican authorities.
The episode comes as immigration enforcement is also being fought out in state courts and state offices. In Texas, Democrat Nathan Johnson won the attorney general race and will take office on January 1, 2027. Johnson could decline to continue defending SB4, the state's border-crossing law, which the Fifth Circuit allowed to take effect in April while litigation continues. Ken Paxton remains in the attorney general's office until his successor is sworn in, so the state's legal position will not change immediately. Democrat Gina Hinojosa also won the Texas governorship, though she is not yet in office.
In Iowa, the Supreme Court is weighing whether to hear the state's appeal over an immigration arrest law that has been blocked by a lower court. The law's future could depend on the state's next attorney general: Democratic attorney general-elect Nate Willems could likewise decline to defend the law once he takes office. The Court has not yet decided whether it will take up the Iowa case.
Taken together, the developments show how the November midterm results are shaping immigration policy on several fronts at once, from federal tariff threats aimed at Mexico to state-level decisions about whether to keep defending contested border laws. Many of the key questions, including Mexico's response and the Supreme Court's decision, remain unresolved.
Source: foxnews.com
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