Trump threatens to double tariffs on Mexico if it does not halt migrants

Summary

• President Donald Trump threatened to immediately double tariffs on Mexico if the country does not stop over 1,500 migrants from traveling north toward the U.S.
• The administration warned that the migrant group will not be allowed to enter the United States.
• The group of roughly 1,500 people, mostly from Central America, departed Tapachula near the Guatemala border on Tuesday.
• Migrants hoped the recent U.S. midterm election victory by Democrats would create pathways for them to live & work in the U.S.