welcome back to up. i m david gura. president threatened to raise tariffs on mexico tomorrow. mexico has agreed to deploy its new national guard, agree efforts to tackle human trafficking operations. and there s some migrants that will wait in mexico. one thing the white house could not get mexico to do was sign a safe third country treaty. yesterday, president trump was excited about the deal. we re learning from the new york times , it was not all that new. let me read the piece from the new york times. the deal to avert tariffs that
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effort by the administration to try to force and cooers coerce mexico to do something about the flow of migrants from guatemala, honduras and el salvador to the south of mexico. the elements included as announced by the white house in conjunction with the mexican government after three days of negotiations here in washington at the end of the week, mexico will deploy national guard troops, said to be about 6,000, to the southern border with guatemala. mexico to increase actions to dismantle human trafficking operations and the pledge by mexico to expand a trump program or a program encouraged by the administration that makes some migrants wait in mexico while asylum claims are heard in the u.s., a lot of people believe that is not legal. that is an outside of the guidelines and the letter of the law on asylum claims. this is a program that began in january, mexico will work with the united states to expand the program now but there are court cases that are challenging it,
later an nbc news exclusive. why the trump administration is refusing to let u.s. embassies fly the rainbow flag during pride month. but first, monday and mexico. in the nick of time a deal has been struck. so as of now on monday the beginning of extreme tariffs that could have upset north american businesses was avoided. a last-minute immigration deal with mexico will not include tariffs on america s largest trading partner. after days of talks and a republican revolt, president trump tweeted several times, just today, saying, mexico will try very hard and if they do that this will be a very successful agreement for both the united states and mexico. according to the agreement mexico will deploy its national guard, increase actions to dismantle human trafficking operations and expand trump administration program that would make some migrant wait in mexico while asylum claims are heard in the u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi
north korea comes to mind, things sometimes don t work out. the proof is in the pudding as they say and we ll see how it goes. three days of negotiations. mexican officials here in washington wednesday, thursday and friday finally culminating in the tweet the president declared they reached a deal. just off the plane from that week-long trip to europe. put up the details one more time. mexico, deploying the national guard. some,000 troops on the border with guatemala, of course, a concern. refugee front and asylum seekers from those three central american countries including el salvador and honduras. mexico increasing its actions to dismantle human trafficking operations, and mexico will accept, this is key, expansion of trump administration programs that make some migrants wait in mexico while claims are heard in the u.s. this is something that the u.s. has done since last january. very controversial. it s in court right now while ongoing. mexico and the united states agreeing to expa