Trump's ultimatum to Sheinbaum over the migrant caravans: "If you don't stop them right now, I will double the tariffs"

Last week, following the Democratic Party's victory in the midterm elections -especially in Texas-, several caravans of immigrants departed from Honduras and El Salvador in the hope that a left-leaning Congress would bring back the open border policy of former President Joe Biden.

"There may be a light at the end of the tunnel, a way for us to get in," said César Sandoval, a Nicaraguan who participated in a previous caravan, was deported, and is now part of a new effort. However, President Donald Trump warned that the border remains closed and alerted the president of Mexico, the leftist Claudia Sheinbaum.

"Here we go again! With the supposed defeat of the Republicans in the midterm elections —I WAS NOT ON THE BALLOT—, the INVASION of our country is happening again. Huge CARAVANS are forming that are beginning their illegal march through Mexico. Many of the people in these caravans are individuals that several countries do not want: 'Send them to the United States,' they say," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

"But they will not be accepted! MEXICO MUST STOP THEM RIGHT NOW and, if it does not, tariffs on Mexico will be IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED. MEXICO, THE NEW LEFTIST GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, OUR GREAT BORDER PATROL, AND ICE HAVE BEEN PROPERLY INFORMED. There will be no mercy!" the president added in his post.

Sheinbaum seems to have received Trump's message and clarified that she will allow the caravans to reach the southern border of the United States. "Since President Trump took office, no migrant caravan has reached the northern border. We always inform people in these caravans that if their goal is to reach the United States, they will not be able to achieve it," the head of state stated.

A social media post from the U.S. Embassy in Honduras indicated that the caravans are not a sudden response to poverty. "Some mistakenly believe that the 'caravans' of migrants seeking to enter our country arise spontaneously. This is definitely not the case," the statement notes.

"They are meticulously organized through social media and, during the previous administration, became a massive and lucrative business, primarily for criminal organizations. The migrants themselves are merely pawns in this scheme and are often subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment during the journey," the document continues.

"Under Trump's leadership, all of this stopped immediately and now we have THE SAFEST BORDER IN HISTORY. However, criminals and caravan organizers have not disappeared or given up. Even now, they continue to organize caravans that HAVE NO CHANCE of entering our country," it concluded.