Mexican President Announces She’s Stopping All Migrant Caravans After Trump’s Tariff Threat

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announces she is stopping the migrant caravans from arriving at the U.S. southern border after Trump’s tariff threat.

The announcement came only 12 hours after President-Elect Trump’s announcing a 25% tariff on Mexican imports.

Migrant Caravans Not Reaching Border, Claudia Sheinbaum Says After Trump Threats

By Jesus Mesa · Politics Reporter

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum addressed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump‘s renewed threats of steep tariffs this week, asserting that migrant caravans are no longer reaching the U.S.-Mexico border.

Her remarks underscored growing tensions as Trump plans to tighten immigration policies and impose a 25 percent tariff on Mexican imports. Trump declared that the tariffs would remain in place “until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country!”

“Caravans of migrants no longer reach the border,” Sheinbaum said on Tuesday while presenting a letter she plans to send to Trump in the coming days. She also emphasized Mexico’s efforts to curb the flow of drugs, including the synthetic opioid fentanyl, while noting that it remains “a public health and consumption problem within your country’s society.”

Newsweek reached out to Trump’s transition team for comment on Tuesday.

As Trump prepares for his second inauguration, his harsh rhetoric on migration has resurfaced, coinciding with a caravan of approximately 1,500 migrants from Central and South America heading toward the U.S. border before his proposed policies take effect.

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