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Trump Claims Mystery Part of Mexico Immigration Deal

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   WASHINGTON - Mexico is due to deploy National Guard troops to its
   southern border with Guatemala on Wednesday as part of an agreement to
   cut the number of people who travel through Mexico in hopes of entering
   the United States.

   Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard told reporters the deployment
   of what will be 6,000 troops to the border and elsewhere throughout the
   country would begin Wednesday, though he did not specify how quickly
   all of the troops would be in place.

   Ebrard read a document he sent to Mexico's Senate detailing the
   negotiations that resulted last week in the deal that also includes
   expanding a program for migrants to return to Mexico while their U.S.
   asylum claims are being processed, and a commitment from both countries
   to work on development efforts in Central America.

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