Mexico’s incoming government denied a report on Saturday that it plans to allow asylum-seekers to wait in the country while their claims move through US immigration courts, a deal the Trump administration has been pursuing for months.
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Mexico’s incoming government denied a report on Saturday that it plans to allow asylum-seekers to wait in the country while their claims move through US immigration courts, a deal the Trump administration has been pursuing for months.
Earlier today, it was reported that the US had reached a deal with its southern neighbor for asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims are assessed, The Washington Post reported Saturday, a move cautiously welcomed by some refugees currently at the border.
No formal agreement has been signed, the Post said, but US officials view the deal, a plan called “Remain in Mexico,” as a move that would see would-be refugees’ cases heard by US courts in Mexico, as a potential breakthrough in deterring migration.
