Migrant Caravans Cannot Cross Into the US and Are Told So, Sheinbaum Clarifies to Trump
This article by SinEmbargo Editorial Staff originally appeared in the November 12, 2026 edition of SinEmbargo, a Mexican digital news outlet.
Illustrative file photo: a migrant consulting a map in Mexico City, November 9, 2018. Photo: ProtoplasmaKid / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0); resized.
The president emphasized the National Migration Institute’s experience in assisting these caravans and persuading people to return to their countries or remain in Mexico under certain conditions.
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Mexico City, November 12 (SinEmbargo).- President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo clarified to her counterpart Donald Trump that no migrant caravan has reached the northern border since he arrived at the White House, after the U.S. president threatened to double tariffs on Mexico if these groups of people approached the border.
“Since President Trump took office, no migrant caravan has reached the northern border. There are two caravans at the moment, one in Arriaga, Chiapas, which had formed with around 500-600 people, and now fewer than 100 people remain. How do we do this? We inform the people in the caravan that it is very difficult to cross into the United States (US), that if their goal is to cross into the US, they will not be able to do so, because that possibility does not exist. We seek to have them return safely to their country, or if someone wants to stay in Mexico, under certain conditions, in a particular place, they can do so. But the vast majority return to their countries of origin. Once they learn they will not be able to cross the Mexican border with the US,” she said.
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