Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo says that his country will accept migrants from other countries during a meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. NBC News' Julia Ainsley spoke to President Arévalo about his decision.

Guatemala's president says his country will accept migrants from other countries who are being deported from the United States.

Guatemala agreed to increase by 40% the number of flights carrying Guatemala migrants as well as deportees of other nationalities from the US, that nation's president said Wednesday. President Bernardo Arevalo praised relations with the US and said the two nations have challenges of migration, border security, and combat of transnational crime.

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo said Wednesday his country will accept migrants from other countries who are being deported from the United States, the second deportation deal that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reached during a Central America trip that has been focused mainly on immigration.