Fox: U.S. Can't Fix Immigration Alone

May 24, 9:54 PM EDT

By SHANNON DININNY
Associated Press Writer

AP Photo/JACKIE JOHNSTON

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) -- Mexican President Vicente Fox told hundreds of farm workers here Wednesday that neither his country nor the United States can go it alone in trying to fix immigration problems.

"It's clear the purpose is to reach an agreement that can give security, that can give legality, that can give flow to the migrant people," Fox said in Spanish on his second day of a four-day visit to the western U.S. "I think we are closer to the end of this route. This is a shared responsibility, the immigration reform."

Fox's speech came on the same day the U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly to limit debate on election-year immigration legislation. That cleared the way for final passage later this week of a bill that calls for tougher border security as well as an eventual chance at citizenship for millions of men and women in this country illegally.