Donald Trump, Mexico Strike Deal To Keep Asylum Seekers From U.S. Border
President Trump and incoming Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador have reportedly struck a deal to ensure that the days of asylum seekers crossing the U.S.-Mexico border without being vetted first, are over.
According to the Washington Post, officials from both Washington and Mexico City met up in Houston last week to hammer out an agreement that commits López Obrador’s government to restricting South and Central American migrants from venturing into the United States without first completing an application process that could take between two and five years. Present at the meeting were incoming Mexican foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. While no documentation has been signed to show that the policy is official, it is anticipated that López Obrador will move to institute the so-called “formidable new barriers” soon after he takes office on December 1.
