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Trump threatens to double tariffs on Mexico if it does not halt migrants

Global Published 12 November 2026, 17:32 · archived 12 Nov 2026

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to double tariffs on Mexico if it does not stop more than a thousand migrants walking north toward the United States after last week’s US election, warning that they would not be allowed to enter. “Here we go again!” Trump wrote on social media. “They will not be accepted! MEXICO MUST STOP THEM, NOW, and if they do not do so, the Tariffs on Mexico will be IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED. MEXICO, THE GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, THE VERY LIBERAL NEW GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, OUR GREAT BORDER PATROL, & ICE, HAVE BEEN SO INFORMED. There will be no leniency!” The g...

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