IMMIGRATION/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said Monday [6-10-19] that his government would consider a regional asylum agreement if enforcement measures agreed to last week in Washington fail to stem the tide of migrants northward. Speaking during his government’s daily morning press conference in Mexico City, Ebrard said a broader dialogue on asylum could involve Guatemala, Panama and Brazil…The potential regional asylum pact — reported by several media outlets last week —was the mysterious ‘very important’ concession that Trump referenced in a tweet Monday morning, Ebrard said. In Washington, President Donald Trump intensified his defense of the widely panned agreement with Mexico, even calling into a cable news show for nearly half an hour Monday to proclaim the deal as a victory. After a weekend during which he railed against news reports poking holes in his claims — some of which are so far unsubstantiated — that Mexico had agreed to significant new concessions on immigration enforcement to avert tariffs, the president took to the airwaves to argue his case.”
-Caitlin Oprysko and Ted Hesson, “Mexico concedes to asylum deal if current plan with Trump falls through,” Politico, June 10, 2019 11:38 am