Today we had a very important discussion. We discussed border security. The President understands and I understand we have an obligation to secure our borders. And I want to thank your government for sending out such a strong statement about the need for -- that the shared responsibility we have. In other words, border security is not just one country's prerogative; it's the prerogative and duty of both countries. And we spent time talking about how to work together to continue to strengthen that cooperation necessary to do our duty.
I also appreciate the President's work to enforce Mexico's southern border. It's a difficult job, but, nevertheless, the President shared with me the strategies he's employing to do that job, as well.
Obviously, the migration issue came up. I told the President there is a legislative process that's going forward, and that it may look cumbersome to some, but that's how our democracy works. I told the President that I am committed to having a comprehensive immigration bill on my desk. And by "comprehensive" I mean not only border security -- a bill that has border security in it, a bill that has interior enforcement in it, but a bill that has a worker permit program in it. And that's an important part of having a border that works.
We don't want people sneaking into our country that are going to do jobs Americans won't do, we want them coming in, in an orderly way -- which will take pressure off of both our borders. And I explained to the President my vision of the citizenship issue. I don't believe somebody should be allowed to come into our country and get ahead of the line, the citizenship line.