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

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to double tariffs on Mexico if it does not stop more than a thousand migrants walking north toward the United States after last week’s U.S. election, warning that they would not be allowed to enter.

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to double tariffs on Mexico if it does not stop more than a thousand migrants walking north toward the United States after last week’s U.S. election, warning that they would not be allowed to enter.

The group of migrants, an estimated 1,500 people mostly from Central America, set off on Tuesday from the southern city of Tapachula near the Guatemala border, hoping Democrats’ victory in the U.S. midterm election could open pathways for them to live and work in the United States.

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