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    How Mexico Beefs Up Immigration Enforcement To Meet Trump's Terms

    Threatened with U.S. tariffs, Mexico agreed to step up migrant control, deploying a new security force, and catching and deporting more migrants. Here's how it's going.
    by James Fredrick Jul 13, 2019 6 minutes
    Mexican National Guard members prevent Central American migrants from trying to cross the Rio Grande from Juárez, Mexico, on June 21.

    Under pressure from President Trump's tariffs threat, Mexico reached a deal with the United States on June 7 to step up immigration enforcement and let more asylum-seekers wait in Mexico while their cases are pending in the U.S.

    The agreement reads: "Given the dramatic increase in migrants moving from Central America through Mexico to the United States, both countries recognize the vital importance of rapidly resolving the humanitarian emergency and security situation. The Governments of the United States and Mexico will work together to immediately implement a durable solution."

    The deal came at a critical time: Families are fleeing Central America for a better life in the north in record numbers. Getting Mexico to take strong action was President Trump's latest move to reverse this trend.

    Here is a look at how it's going.

    What is Mexico doing to ramp up immigration enforcement?

    The Mexican government's main promise was to deploy its National Guard, even if it had not officially been created yet. NPR has seen many members of the new force still

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