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 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.

President Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador agreed to implement a plan to reduce border crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border over the short term, the White House said. The two presidents on Sunday discussed the broad strokes of migration in the Western Hemisphere,

Irregular immigration has become one of the main headaches for U.S. President Joe Biden as he seeks re-election in the November presidential election. Due to pressure from his Republican rival, Donald Trump,

President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, spoke on Sunday about cooperating on migration policy.

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,