Article By David Lindfield
President Donald Trump warned Mexico on Thursday that he will immediately double tariffs if Mexican authorities fail to halt a migrant caravan of roughly 1,500 people headed north from the country’s southern border.
Trump said the latest caravan is forming after Republicans’ midterm losses emboldened mass migration efforts that his administration had spent years fighting to shut down.
“Here we go again!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
“With the perceived loss by the Republicans in the Midterms – I WAS NOT ON THE BALLOT- the INVASION of our Country is taking place again.”
The caravan departed Tuesday from Tapachula, near Mexico’s border with Guatemala.
It is reportedly made up largely of migrants from Central America.
“Huge CARAVANS are forming and beginning their illegal march through Mexico,” Trump wrote.
“Many of the people in these Caravans are those that various countries don’t want – ‘Send them to America,’ they say – But they will not be accepted!”
Trump made clear that Mexico faces immediate economic consequences if it permits the caravan to continue toward the United States.
“MEXICO MUST STOP THEM, NOW, and if they do not do so, the Tariffs on Mexico will be IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED,” Trump said.
Trump Puts Mexico and Texas on Notice
Trump said Mexican officials, Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa (D-TX), Border Patrol, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement had all been notified.
“MEXICO, THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, THE VERY LIBERAL NEW GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, OUR GREAT BORDER PATROL, & ICE, HAVE BEEN SO INFORMED,” Trump wrote.
“There will be no leniency!”
The warning comes as Democrats prepare to take power in several key states, raising concerns that incoming officials could weaken the state-level immigration enforcement measures that have helped support the Trump administration’s border crackdown.
Texas Attorney General-elect Nathan Johnson (D-TX) could drop the state’s defense of SB 4, the Republican-backed law empowering Texas authorities to arrest and prosecute illegal aliens suspected of crossing the southern border illegally.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals allowed SB 4 to take effect in April while litigation over the law continues.
Current Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX) remains in office until Johnson is sworn in on January 1, 2027.
Florida AG Rejects Amnesty Push
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R-FL) warned that Democrat efforts to loosen immigration enforcement would undermine the public safety gains secured by enforcing the law.
“I don’t think we can entertain amnesty in a conversation,” Uthmeier said on “The Will Cain Show.”
“We have to be a country focused on rule of law.”
“In Florida we’ve deported a record number, tens of thousands of criminal illegal aliens, child predators, murderers, people who have committed violent crimes, and we’re at an all-time crime low,” Uthmeier continued.
“We’re safer than ever after shutting down the border.”
Democrats could also move to block enforcement in Iowa.
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to hear Iowa’s appeal of a ruling blocking a state law that would allow authorities to arrest and prosecute illegal aliens.
Iowa Attorney General-elect Nate Willems (D-IA) could decline to defend the law if the Supreme Court takes up the case.
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