Ken Salazar: “The 1872 Mining Law from the point of view of the Department of Interior and the administration is a law that must be…”

They have to be dismantled. We have to do this work together with the Mexican government.

What is being neglected here is the bigger picture. And that's this foreign policy paradigm that is so required for the United States and Mexico and the Americas.

I think the partnership that we can build between the leaders of both countries targeting the root causes of migration, and working together on issues of border security are all great opportunities in front of us.

We will do everything we can because it is highest priority for the President of the United States and for me to move forward.