WATCH: Trump announces DEAL with Guatemala on asylum

by The Right Scoop

Despite what we’d previously thought, Trump has managed to make a deal with Guatemala on asylum and announced it today:

DAILY MAIL – President Donald Trump inked an agreement Friday with Guatemala to designate the Central American nation as a ‘safe third country’ that will take in many asylum seekers who would otherwise stream toward the United States.

Practically, it means the U.S. will deny asylum requests of Hondurans and Salvadorans who reach American soil unless they have already unsuccessfully applied for asylum in Guatemala.

The president has pushed Guatemala, Mexico and other countries in the region to act as buffer zones, sparing the overwhelmed southern U.S. border from wave after wave of Central American migrants.

Here’s video of the announcement:

When asked about the court ruling in Guatemala, the man standing beside McAleenan said the court didn’t stop Guatemala from making the agreement. Rather, they just laid out the procedure for the agreement and they were going to do that.

In related news, Trump was asked about Democrats in the presser and had this to say…


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