Trump says asylum seekers to wait in Mexico, incoming government denies


FILE PHOTO: A migrant, part of a caravan of thousands traveling from Central America en route to the United States, holds a U.S. flag as the group of migrants negotiate with Mexican policemen during their gathering near the El Chaparral port of entry of border crossing between Mexico and the United States in Tijuana, Mexico November 22, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday that migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border would stay in Mexico until their asylum claims were individually approved in U.S. courts, but Mexico's incoming government denied they had struck any deal.

Mexico's incoming interior minister said there was "no agreement of any type between the future government of Mexico and the United States.”

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