No Bueno: Mexican Officials Deny 'Remain in Mexico' Caravan Agreement Has Been Met

Townhall.com ^ | November 25, 2018 | Timothy Meads

[Kaslin]

Is this another case of fake news or is the incoming left-wing populist government simply trying to play hardball with Señor Trump? 

Hours after the Washington Post reported that a supposed deal had been met to keep the Central American migrant caravan in Mexico as the United States sorts through asylum applications, Mexico's incoming foreign minister denied that any agreement had been reached and that conversations are still continuing. 

According to the BBC, "Marcelo Ebrard denied reaching an agreement which would see asylum seekers waiting in Mexico while their claims were processed in US courts." Likewise, the man who will serve in president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's administration  "said the US had yet to even send "a specific proposal" on how to deal with the issue." 

ABC News reports that  Interior Minister Olga Sanchez Cordero also released a statement saying, "There is no agreement of any sort between the incoming Mexican government and the U.S. government."

"The next federal administration does not consider in its plans that Mexico assumes the status of 'third safe country' for the attention of Central American migrants or citizens of other countries that are in Mexican territory, nor for those who have that intention in the future," Cordero added. 

As for the White House, President Trump doubled down via Twitter Saturday night that any migrant who seeks asylum in the United States will have to go through the legal manner and "will not be allowed into the United States until their claims are individually approved in court."

 "President Trump has developed a strong relationship with the incoming Obrador Administration, and we look forward to working with them on a wide range of issues," White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley told media. 

[jospehm20]

Apparently the rules don’t matter anymore. The rule is they are supposed to seek asylum in the first country they come to, which is not the USA. Not a one of them should be eligible for asylum in the USA according the rules.

[Ann Archy]

END ALL FUNDING TO MEXICO!!

[BradyLS]

Great. Then the caravan can stay where it is with no deal.

[TheConservativeTejano]

Close the entire border and keep it closed as long as necessary . It should remain closed until we see live video of the last Centro getting in a bus or plane that is taking back their home countries . Not one damn Centro should be allowed to enter . Not a one . ZERO asylum . Screw ‘the law’ .

Partner, the U.S. Constitution reads that our POTUS should always protect U.S. citizens first and foresmost.

Our POTUS is doing his job and he will keep it closed for as long as it takes so that this time the Corrupt Mexican Government can understand force and we have the all the cards in our favor.

[R_Kangel]

..... I'm pretty sure this is the official statement made by the Mexican Government meant only for "Public Consumption" to prevent any further unrest between the Migrants and Mexican authorities.

.... My guess is that there is a good chance that a confidential and classified protocol agreement was made between the two countries that will be followed.

[Boomer]

Time to tax all monies going into Mexico at 50% so we can afford to build the wall and hire thousands more Border Patrol agents to secure the Southern border from coast to coast.

[Salvavida]

I am reading Spanish news sources, and they are saying the incoming minister of government has stated she will deal with the migrants, but it is unofficial (of course, she isn't in power yet).

Wonder why the MSM isn't reporting this?