The president said that caravan participants would not be permitted into the United States and called on Mexico to block them from reaching the border.
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Stop them, or face the consequences.
That was President Donald Trump’s message to Mexico on Nov. 12, as he threatened to double tariffs on the Southern neighbor unless it stops U.S.-bound migrant caravans, after about 1,500 people began marching north.
“MEXICO MUST STOP THEM, NOW, and if they do not do so, the Tariffs on Mexico will be IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED,” Trump wrote in a Nov. 12 post on Truth Social, according to a story by the Epoch Times.
Trump connected the caravans to Republican impediments in the midterm elections, in which Democrats seized control of Congress.
“The INVASION of our Country is taking place again,” Trump wrote. “Huge CARAVANS are forming and beginning their illegal march through Mexico.”
Mexican authorities estimate that a migrant caravan of about 1,500 people was walking northward on Nov. 11 through southern Mexico. The group set off on Nov. 10 from the city of Tapachula near Mexico’s border with Guatemala.
In addition, some caravan partakers said the victory of the Democratic election boosted their hopes of entering the United States and settling there for good.
BREAKING: A new caravan of nearly 2,000 people appearing to come from Central and South America is making its way toward the U.S. southern border following Democrats’ midterm landslide. President Trump is now threatening to double current tariffs on Mexico if officials don’t stop the caravan from reaching the American border, saying that migrants will not be allowed to enter the country. Download the FOX News app to follow this developing story: https://t.co/ISpW9Fc0R3 @foxandfriends @ainsleyearhardt @kilmeade
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 12, 2026
“There might be a light at the end of the tunnel, a way for us to get in,” said Cesar Sandoval, a 47-year-old Nicaraguan who was deported from the United States several months ago.
“We believe the Democrats will help us … with God’s help,” he said before the caravan, dubbed “God With Us,” departed.
The plan for the caravan participants is this: get to Mexico City, nab some federal assistance and protection from detention while drifting north.
But Trump said that the caravan will not be permitted entry to the United States illegally.
“They will not be accepted!” Trump wrote, adding that Mexico, Texas officials, U.S. Border Patrol, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement had been informed of his position.
“There will be no leniency!” he added.
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