President Biden and his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, spoke about cooperating on migration policy during their latest call.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday that he had spoken with U.S. President Joe Biden on keeping the countries' shared border open to legal immigration. The two spoke over the phone on Sunday afternoon,

The conversation took place on Sunday (April 28), with AMLO saying the countries have made progress in stemming unauthorized migration

Biden, and López Obrador, agreed to take swift action to stem the tide of irregular border crossings, a concern for both nations, while concurrently upholding human rights standards. The details of the conversation were brought to light by The White House on April 29.

The Mexican leader said the two countries have made progress in controlling unauthorized migration by persuading many migrants not to use illegal methods to move from country to country.

The United States and Mexico plan to clamp down on illegal immigration at their shared border, leaders from both countries said on Monday, vowing to disrupt irregular crossings that have reached record levels in recent years.

The two leaders ordered their national security teams to work together to "immediately implement concrete measures to significantly reduce irregular border crossings while protecting human rights."

President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, have promised to reduce illegal crossings at the southern border. “The two leaders ordered their national security teams to work together to immediately implement concrete measures to significantly reduce irregular border crossings while protecting human rights,

A hamstrung Biden’s best option now to slow border crossings is for Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to clamp down on migrants within his own borders. He has been successfully courting Lopez Obrador,