the u.s. to be returned to mexico as they await a decision on asylum claims. the u.s. has agreed to speed up the asylum process. cnn white house correspondent sarah westwood, what are you hearing this morning? >> reporter: president trump is up and touting the agreement this morning that his administration reached with mexican officials, he's saying that everyone is "very excited about the agreement," his words. this agreement caused him to back off that threat to impose a 5% tariff on all goods imported from mexico, and in exchange mexico has agreed to step up immigration enforcement on its southern border to stop the flow of central american migrants coming up through mexico to get to the u.s. and also as you mentioned to allow those asylum seekers to way on the mexican side of the border as their cases are being adjudicated in the u.s. president trump wrote this morning "mexico will try very hard and if they do that this will be a very successful