In 2019, Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard rejected a United States demand in plain words. “México no es ni aceptará ser Tercer País Seguro” (Mexico is not and will not accept being a Safe Third Country), he said, as El Financiero reported on September 10, 2019. (Video in Spanish.)
The same report recalled the agreement of June 7, 2019, reached under the threat of US tariffs. Mexico had deployed 25,000 members of the National Guard.
The direct no covered one point only. On others, Mexico gave ground.