the first safe country they enter. and in this case, ideally, to some in the white house, it would have been mexico. so every refugee passing through mexico would have had to apply for asylum there and not go to the united states. if they continued on to the united states, then the u.s. could just deport them easily back to mexico as essentially their new safe home. so that would have clearly made an impact in numbers. now mexico has said, we'll take care of all the people awaiting asylum in the united states, that is something, but obviously it's not the kind of impact that something like a third safe country agreement would have had. and it remains to be seen what that does for numbers reaching the border. but remember, mexico is also going to use its national guard in thousands to patrol its border with guatemala and they'll be stationed throughout the country too. that might have some impact as