President Donald Trump on Friday night backed down from imposing a 5% tariff on all goods entering the country from Mexico, instead reaching an agreement with the country. On Twitter, Trump wrote that Mexico “agreed to take strong measures” to “stem the tide of Migration through Mexico, and to our Southern Border.” He added that the agreement would “greatly reduce, or eliminate, Illegal Immigration coming from Mexico and into the United States,” but left it up to the State Department to provide further details. The tariffs that were to go into effect Monday have been “indefinitely” suspended, Trump wrote.

I am pleased to inform you that The United States of America has reached a signed agreement with Mexico. The Tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the U.S. on Monday, against Mexico, are hereby indefinitely suspended. Mexico, in turn, has agreed to take strong measures to.... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2019

....stem the tide of Migration through Mexico, and to our Southern Border. This is being done to greatly reduce, or eliminate, Illegal Immigration coming from Mexico and into the United States. Details of the agreement will be released shortly by the State Department. Thank you! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 8, 2019

The U.S. State Department announced details of the U.S.-Mexico deal on its website late Friday night. Beginning immediately, anyone crossing the southern border in search of asylum in the U.S. will be “rapidly” returned back to Mexico, where they will be required to wait as their asylum claims are processed, according to the State Department. In return, Martha Bárcena, Mexico’s ambassador to the U.S., said in a tweet that Mexico would strengthen its own immigration laws and “provide job, education and health care for people who wait in Mexican territory for the end of their asylum process in the U.S.,” according to a machine translation. The State Department confirmed those details and said Friday that the U.S. would accelerate the adjudication of the asylum claims and to “conclude removal proceedings as expeditiously as possible.”

Después de varios días de negociaciones y 12 horas hoy en el Departamento de Estado, alcanzamos un acuerdo con los Estados Unidos para enfrentar la crisis humanitaria derivada de los flujos migratorios recientes que han afectado nuestros dos paises. — Martha Bárcena. (@Martha_Barcena) June 8, 2019

México fortalecerá las medidas para la aplicación de su ley migratoria. Dará oportunidades de trabajo, educación y salud a las personas que esperen en territorio mexicano el término de su proceso de asilo en EU — Martha Bárcena. (@Martha_Barcena) June 8, 2019

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard also confirmed those details with Mexico’s Spanish-language news site Político, saying those who seek asylum in the U.S. would be returned to Mexico. Ebrard emphasized that this agreement involved coordination from both the U.S. and Mexico. Mexico also plans to deploy national guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a Google translation of Político’s reporting. The State Department said Mexico’s national guard would be distributed throughout Mexico in order to curb “irregular immigration” and take “decisive action to dismantle human smuggling and trafficking organizations.” Both countries vowed to share information and carry out coordinated action to secure the border. If these policies do not have the expected results, both countries agreed to continued discussions to plan further actions. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo thanked Ebrard in a tweet for the successful negotiations, saying the U.S. was looking forward to honoring the commitment “to reduce the flow of illegal migration out of Mexico so that our southern border is strong & secure.”

We thank FM @m_ebrard for his hard efforts to negotiate joint obligations that benefit the US & Mexico. We look forward to working alongside Mexico to fulfill these commitments to reduce the flow of illegal migration out of Mexico so that our southern border is strong & secure. — Secretary Pompeo (@SecPompeo) June 8, 2019