WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) – The president of the United States, Donald Trump, threatened this Thursday to double the tariffs on Mexico if the country does not prevent a group of more than a thousand immigrants from heading north toward the United States, following last week’s U.S. midterm elections, warning that they will not be allowed to enter.
“Here we go again!”, wrote Trump on social media. “They will not be accepted! THE MEXICO NEEDS TO STOP THIS MARCH, RIGHT NOW, and, if it does not do so, tariffs on Mexico will be IMMEDIATELY DOUBLED. MEXICO, THE TEXAS GOVERNOR, THE NEWLY LIBERAL GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, OUR GREAT BORDER PATROL AND ICE HAVE ALREADY BEEN TOLD THIS. There will be no clemency!”
The group of migrants, estimated at 1,500 people, mostly from Central America, left on Tuesday from the city of Tapachula, in the southern part of the country, near the border with Guatemala, hoping that the Democrats’ victory in the midterm elections in the United States could open paths for them to live and work in the United States.
(Reported by Susan Heavey)
