's immigration deal with Mexico that averted tariffs 'has terms that were ...

President Trump’s agreement with the Mexican government on Friday is mainly a deal whose specifics were already agreed to months ago, according to a report.

Officials in both the Trump administration and Mexico told The New York Times on Saturday that there isn’t much new in Friday’s deal, which for the time being staved off the threat of tariffs being imposed on goods coming from south of the border.

The United States and Mexico signed a joint declaration on Friday which states that the Mexicans would deploy its National Guard throughout the country ‘giving priority to its southern border.’

But officials said that Mexico had already pledged to do the same thing during a high level meeting in March.

President Trump's touted deal on Friday with Mexico contains provisions that were agreed to month ago by the Mexican government, according to a report

President Trump's touted deal on Friday with Mexico contains provisions that were agreed to month ago by the Mexican government, according to a report

That meeting was held in Miami between then-Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Mexican Interior Secretary Olga Sanchez, the Times reported.

Trump touted Mexico’s promise to allow large numbers of asylum-seekers to stay on the Mexican side of the border while their claims were being processed in American immigration courts.

But Mexico already agreed to do just that back in December after lengthy negotiations between the Mexican government and administration officials.

Nielsen announced the agreement, which was titled the Migrant Protection Protocols, during a congressional hearing on December 20.

The American Civil Liberties Union and other rights groups are pursuing a legal challenge to the program, which has returned to Mexico more than 10,390 people, mostly Central Americans. 

Trump boasted of Mexico’s promise to allow large numbers of asylum-seekers to stay on the Mexican side of the border while their claims were being processed the U.S. The image shows migrants crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S. from Ciudad Juarez to ask for asylum on Friday

Trump boasted of Mexico’s promise to allow large numbers of asylum-seekers to stay on the Mexican side of the border while their claims were being processed the U.S. The image shows migrants crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S. from Ciudad Juarez to ask for asylum on Friday

Administration officials this past week tried to get Mexico to agree to a ‘safe third country’ treaty.

This would have legally allowed the U.S. to reject asylum seekers if they didn’t initially try to stay in Mexico.

But Mexican officials refused to agree.

Nonetheless, the president announced the deal after Mexico pledged to send up to 6,000 National Guard soldiers to its border with Guatemala.

Despite these promises, however, administration officials are skeptical that the Mexicans will follow through on their promises.

The deal, announced on Friday after three days of negotiations in Washington, averted Trump’s threatened imposition of 5% import tariffs on all Mexican goods starting on Monday. The image above shows freight trucks with U.S.-bound goods arriving in Mexico City on Friday

The deal, announced on Friday after three days of negotiations in Washington, averted Trump’s threatened imposition of 5% import tariffs on all Mexican goods starting on Monday. The image above shows freight trucks with U.S.-bound goods arriving in Mexico City on Friday

Even if they do, the administration expects the flow of migrants across the border to continue.

Trump on Saturday predicted Mexico would strongly enforce the agreement.

The deal, announced on Friday after three days of negotiations in Washington, averted Trump’s threatened imposition of 5% import tariffs on all Mexican goods starting on Monday.

'Mexico will try very hard, and if they do that, this will be a very successful agreement between the United States and Mexico,' Trump wrote in a tweet on Saturday morning.

The Trump administration believed the deal would 'fix the immigration issue,' Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Saturday in a Reuters interview on the sidelines of a G20 finance meeting in Fukuoka, Japan. 

Mnuchin warned, however, that Trump retained the authority to impose tariffs if Mexico failed to enforce the new

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