Trump Issues Warning to Mexico, Gina Hinojosa Over Border: ‘No Leniency’

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President Donald Trump issued a warning to Mexico and Texas Democrat Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa over reports of a migrant caravan heading toward the U.S. border, warning that there would be “no leniency.”

Hinojosa defeated Governor Greg Abbott in last week’s midterm elections, becoming the state’s first Latina governor and the first Democrat to hold the office since 1995.

“With the perceived loss by the Republicans in the Midterms - I WAS NOT ON THE BALLOT- the INVASION of our Country is taking place again,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday. “Huge CARAVANS are forming and beginning their illegal march through Mexico.”

The president appeared to be referring to reports that a caravan of around 1,500 migrants mostly from Central America had set off on foot through Mexico in the hopes that the Democrats’ success in midterm elections would mean a softening of Trump’s stringent border policies, Reuters reported.

Trump added that he warned Mexico to stop the caravan or face tariffs being doubled.

He said that Mexico, along with the “VERY LIBERAL NEW GOVERNOR OF TEXAS,” the U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had been informed of his warning.

Mexico has not responded to Trump’s latest comments, though Reuters reported that Mexican President ​Claudia Sheinbaum is due to hold a press conference on Thursday morning.

Trump's response followed reports of an estimated 1,000-plus migrants setting off on foot from southern Mexico.

The group, dubbed “Dios con Nosotros,” meaning God With Us, set off on Tuesday from Tapachula, near Mexico's border with Guatemala, with the initial aim of reaching Mexico City to seek assistance from the Mexican government before traveling to the U.S. border, Reuters reported. The journey is likely to take several weeks.

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