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Mexican President Felipe Calderon is set for a two-day visit to Washington D.C. starting this May 19. He will be meeting President Obama at the White House on the first day.

The Mexican president along with his wife, Margarita Zavala, will be honored in a press conference on Wednesday at the Rose Garden. And on Thursday, Calderon is set to address the joint session of the US Congress. An expected highlight of his speech would be when he tries to persuade lawmakers to overhaul the existing US immigration policy.

This was after Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona has signed a state law that allows policemen to demand proof of legal residence to suspected “illegal immigrants” in Arizona.

The two presidents first met in Mexico City where they agreed on a bilateral agreement to help in purging the drug cartels in Mexico. Obama promised a more improved cooperation from the United States and even pledged $1.4 billion dollars for the crackdown of drug cartels.

Tension is undeniably growing lately due to immigration issues concerning the two countries. However, there are high hopes that Mexico-US relations will not be risked, because both presidents agree key issues, including border security and in putting a stop to the deeply-rooted Mexican drug cartels.

Plenty of issues hound the already tight bonds between the two countries, but many hope that the two presidents would arrive at long-term solutions to these concerns.

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