White House says Mexico working to deal with immigration issue

The White House said on Tuesday that Mexico was taking more responsibility for dealing with illegal immigration and urged it to continue to address the issue so Washington does not need to move ahead with a threat to close the southern U.S. border, a spokeswoman said. White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told Fox News that President Donald Trump's administration had seen Mexico "stepping up and taking a greater sense of responsibility in the process."

"We need them to continue to do that so that we aren't forced to take drastic action like closing the ports of entry at our border," she added. (Reporting by Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland; Writing by David Alexander; Editing by Tim Ahmann)