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Sheinbaum says no migrant caravans have reached US border since 2025
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says no migrant caravans have reached the US border since January 2025.
She made the statement as US President Donald Trump threatened to double tariffs on Mexican goods unless Mexico stops migrants traveling through the country.
A caravan of about 600 people in Chiapas has largely dispersed, and Mexican officials are talking with several hundred Honduran migrants about returning home.
Sheinbaum says authorities will not use force to break up the groups, but will explain how difficult it is to reach the United States.
Mexico has continued efforts to keep caravans from moving north, a policy also pursued under former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
The tariff threat adds pressure to trade talks between Mexico and the United States over duties on several Mexican products.
Those talks are taking place alongside a review of the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, which began in July.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said no migrant caravans have reached the U.S. border since January 2025.
She made the statement in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to double tariffs unless Mexico stops migrants traveling through its territory.
Sheinbaum said a caravan of about 600 migrants in Chiapas had largely dispersed after being told reaching the United States would be very difficult.
She said Mexican authorities were talking with several hundred Honduran migrants and ruled out using force to break up caravans.
Mexico and the United States are also negotiating over tariffs and reviewing their trade agreement.
- Who
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum made the claim. U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened tariffs.
- What
- Sheinbaum said no migrant caravans had reached the U.S. border since January 2025.
- When
- She made the statement on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
- Where
- She spoke at a daily news briefing in Mexico City; the caravans discussed were in Mexico.
- Why
- She was responding to Trump’s threat to double tariffs unless Mexico stopped migrants from traveling through its territory.
U.S. President Donald Trump
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum
Migrant movement
U.S. President Donald Trump
Trump demanded that Mexico stop migrants traveling through its territory.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum
Sheinbaum said no migrant caravans had reached the U.S. border since January 2025.
Response to caravans
U.S. President Donald Trump
Trump threatened to double tariffs unless Mexico stopped migrants.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum
Sheinbaum ruled out using force to break up caravans and said authorities explain to migrants that reaching the United States is difficult.
Sheinbaum said no migrant caravans had reached the U.S. border since this month.
The review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement began.
Sheinbaum said a caravan of about 600 migrants in Chiapas had largely dispersed and that authorities were speaking with a group of several hundred Hondurans.
Sheinbaum responded to Trump’s tariff threat at her daily news briefing.
- Claim
- No migrant caravans had reached the U.S. border since January 2025
- Chiapas caravan
- About 600 migrants; largely dispersed
- Honduran group
- Several hundred migrants; authorities were in talks with them
- Tariff threat
- Trump threatened to double tariffs on Mexican goods
- Trade agreement
- USMCA review began in July 2026
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What people are saying
Not a single migrant caravan has reached the north
very difficult
extensive experience