Trump Threatens Mexico with Tariff Hike over Migrant Crisis

US President Donald Trump on Thursday (November 12, 2026) issued a major threat to neighboring Mexico over the problem of migrants in his country. Trump said that if Mexico fails to stop the groups of migrants coming to the United States, the United States will immediately double the tariffs on Mexico. He warned that Mexico will have to stop them. There will be no leniency. He said,'Our country is once again being infiltrated. Large groups of migrants are forming and they are moving illegally through Mexico to the United States. There are many people in these convoys that other countries do not want to keep. They say send them to the United States, but the United States will not accept them.'Trump said,'Mexico will have to stop them immediately. If it is not done, the tariffs on Mexico will be immediately doubled.'He said,'The governor of Mexico, the governor of the Liberal Texas Border Patrol, and the governor of Texas Immigration (ICE) have also given some new information about this.