What the Heck? Mexico denies deal with US to host asylum seekers: Incoming government says talks ongoing but no formal agreement reached as thousands await to cross border into US.

Aljazeera and other news agencies report on some conflicting news out of Mexico.  Mexico’s incoming government has denied reports that it has agreed to allow asylum seekers to wait in the country while their claims move through US immigration courts, an option that the Trump administration has been pursuing in negotiations.  “There is no agreement of any sort between the incoming Mexican government and the US government,” future Interior Minister Olga Sanchez said in a statement yesterday.

Hours earlier, the Washington Post cited her as saying that the incoming administration of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador had agreed to allow asylum seekers to stay in Mexico as a “short-term solution” while the US considered their applications for asylum. Mexico’s new President will take office on December 1.

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