US state secretary Pompeo praises new govt of Mexico on immigration issues

US state secretary Pompeo praises new govt of Mexico on immigration issues
"We have to control that border that is ours and they have to control that border that is theirs." (Image Credit: Flicker)

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday praised the new government of Mexico on immigration issues and said the two sides have discussed the importance of stemming the flow of illegal migrants before they get to the U.S. border.

"The incoming administration's been great," Pompeo said in an interview with Fox News, citing conversations about how to control traffic from Guatemala and Honduras along Mexico's southern border. "We have to control that border that is ours and they have to control that border that is theirs."

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