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Toyota is pulling Tacoma truck jobs out of Mexico and bringing them back to Texas, handing President Trump a major **America First** victory in the fight to rebuild U.S. manufacturing.

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Toyota will invest **$3.6 billion** to expand its San Antonio truck plant with a new Tacoma assembly line.
The move shifts major Tacoma production from Baja California, Mexico, to Texas over about four years.
The expansion is expected to add **2,000 American jobs** and double the size of the San Antonio campus by 2030.
Texas taxpayers help make it possible through the Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation property tax incentive program.

Toyota’s $3.6 Billion Bet on American Workers

Toyota Motor North America announced it will spend **$3.6 billion** to expand its truck manufacturing campus on San Antonio’s South Side, adding a second vehicle assembly line dedicated to the popular Tacoma pickup. The existing site already builds larger Tundra pickups and Sequoia sport utility vehicles, and the new building will add about 2.5 million square feet of factory space. Toyota says this expansion will create around **2,000 new jobs** by 2030, growing the local workforce to roughly 6,000 people.

The company’s press release calls the move a vote of confidence in American labor and long-term growth in the United States, stressing that the added capacity will help meet strong demand for mid-size trucks. Toyota’s chief executive for North America said expanding in San Antonio “reinforces our dedication to American manufacturing” and “creates significant and sustainable employment opportunities” for American workers. Wall Street likes the plan too, with Toyota’s stock rising more than three percent after the announcement, a sign investors see it as a smart long-term shift.

From Baja to the Lone Star State: How Much Production Comes Home?

For years, Toyota built many Tacomas at its Baja California plant in Mexico, following a broader industry trend that pushed new auto production south of the border. Now the company says it will transition Tacoma assembly from that Baja facility to the expanded Texas plant over about four years, once the new line is fully up and running. Public reports indicate that at least “most” Tacoma output now in Baja will move, while another Mexican plant in Guanajuato is expected to keep building some trucks.

According to one detailed report, Toyota produced about 144,000 Tacomas in Guanajuato last year and expects to build around 150,000 units per year in San Antonio when the new line is fully operational. That would mean roughly half of all Tacomas are made in Texas, a major shift toward U.S. production compared with recent years. However, Toyota has not yet released a clear schedule for closing or downsizing the Baja California operation or explained what will happen to workers there, leaving the full human impact in Mexico uncertain.

Tariffs, Tax Breaks, and the Bigger America First Picture

Industry analysts point out that this kind of move does not happen in a vacuum; it happens in response to pressure and policy. In recent years, Washington has pushed a tougher line on foreign-built vehicles, including a 25 percent tariff on imported cars and trucks, which makes it more expensive to build vehicles abroad and ship them into the United States. Toyota’s decision to bring a major truck line back to Texas fits that broader pattern, where companies shift production to avoid steep tariffs and tap into a more stable American market.

Toyota shifts Tacoma production to Texas, investing $3.6 billion and creating 2,000 new jobs in San Antonio. https://t.co/agmkwlBc2f

— Newsradio Savannah (@newsradiosav) July 7, 2026

At the same time, Texas is helping seal the deal. Reports highlight that the expansion relies on the state’s Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation program, which uses property tax abatements to reward large manufacturing investments. Some financial outlets frame Toyota’s move as being “not about jobs” but about capturing these tax breaks, suggesting the company is driven as much by incentives as by patriotic branding. Regardless of the motive, the outcome is clear for conservatives: more heavy-duty manufacturing in America, more good-paying jobs in Texas, and less dependence on foreign plants for an iconic work truck.