Bush talks about border security with Mexico's Vicente Fox


MILWAUKEE President Bush and Mexico's President Vicente Fox swapped ideas today on how to stop violence and improve security along the two countries' mutual border.

Press secretary Scott McClellan says Bush telephone Fox while traveling to Milwaukee to give a speech. McClellan says the pair "talked about working together" to improve conditions that have been a source of friction between the two countries.

McClellan also says Bush has designated Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to talk to his counterpart in Mexico about the problem. The spokesman says Bush and Fox also talked about pending immigration legislation in Congress.

Late last year, Washington dispatched federal agents to Texas to combat violent crime along the Mexican border.

In August, U-S and Mexican officials had traded accusations over who is to blame for problems in border security.

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