Trump Threatens to Immediately Double Tariffs on Mexico Over Migrant Group

President Donald Trump threatened to immediately double U.S. tariffs on Mexico if it does not stop a migrant group traveling through the country toward the United States, linking trade policy to border enforcement.

Trump made the threat in a Truth Social post. He said Mexico, the governor of Texas, U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had been informed of his demand.

The condition was that Mexico halt the group’s movement through the country toward the United States. Trump said the tariff increase would take effect immediately if Mexico did not comply.

His warning ties the possibility of a higher trade barrier to Mexico’s handling of migrants moving north. It also puts Mexican and U.S. state and federal authorities in the same dispute, as Trump said they had been told about the demand.

The announcement linked a potential tariff increase to migration enforcement, introducing a new source of uncertainty for U.S.-Mexico trade.