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Her brother antonio a legal u.s. resident is wrestling with the thought that his sister will have to go to mexico to wait out the asylum case. >> for him it's better she stays here because it's safer and she has a better chance of fighting for her asylum case. >> in a rare rebuke from within the administration, the nations asylum worker's union asking a federal court to end the policy that requires asylum seek tors wait in mexico saying it should not be forced to honor departmental directives fundamentally krer at a the moral fabric of our nation and international and domestic legal obligation...

Saying that's not why we came here. a love of them saying the situation back home is too desperate. and they are not happy about this deal, but one thing that mexico and the united states agreed on from the first moment was the situation just couldn't continue, they are hoping this in you deal represents a deterrent. that again is a big question mark. will it stop central americans from making that trek from their countries. if they know that while they're awaiting those asylum cases, they have to wait here in mexico. >> we'll have to watch and wait to see if it playing out the way that the pr...

Beginning to gather here for an appearance by the mexican president obrador. originally this was going to be a political rally but things have changed here dramatically over the past 24 hours. the mood especially has changed. the mexican president has praised the deal on tariffs and praised his own negotiators, and when you talk to people here on the street, especially business people, they are really euphoric about the deal. the mood here is now festive. >> translator: since the tariffs issue was sorted by having the team over here, it is now turning into a celebration. >> terms of the deal, ...

If you release people 87% that asylum cases don't come back and show up for their court hearings. so how is this to be hand nld a better way? >> i think that's something we have to deal with. i'm not going to sit here and not say we don't have to deal with it. >> i think the president had a huge victory today. good neighbors are ones that follow rules and regulations and prevent harm. the president's number one responsibility as president is to prevent harm, not respond to it. but for the president's action on threatening tariffs mexico would have continued to be complicit in the invasion that...

Persecution because you're a member of a group. and in the past, that has included persecution by gangs, which is very real. it has included domestic violence, which is very real. sessions tried to walk that back. that's being adjudicated in the courts. but only 10 to 15% of individuals who are applying for asylum are winning those asylum cases. the burden of proof is very hard. the main question here is are we going to treat people with respect and dignity. >> back to my other point. president trump says that congress isn't tackling this. >> well, president trump is simply wrong on this as he...