<p class="title">The Trump administration is seeking to strike a "cooperative agreement" with Mexico to help stem a tide of migrants looking to enter the United States at its southern border to claim asylum, the top U.S. border control official said on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are reaching across the aisle to come up with a cooperative agreement," acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan told reporters when asked if the United States was seeking a 'safe third country' agreement with Mexico.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mexico has previously rejected the idea of becoming a so-called safe third country, which would mean that U.S.-bound asylum seekers traveling via Mexico would have to first claim asylum in Mexico.</p>
<p class="title">The Trump administration is seeking to strike a "cooperative agreement" with Mexico to help stem a tide of migrants looking to enter the United States at its southern border to claim asylum, the top U.S. border control official said on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are reaching across the aisle to come up with a cooperative agreement," acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan told reporters when asked if the United States was seeking a 'safe third country' agreement with Mexico.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mexico has previously rejected the idea of becoming a so-called safe third country, which would mean that U.S.-bound asylum seekers traveling via Mexico would have to first claim asylum in Mexico.</p>