President Obama is hosting Mexican President Felipe Calderón in Washington in their first meeting since the passage of Arizona’s anti-immigrant law last month. At a joint White House news conference, President Obama criticized the law.

President Obama: “There’s a strong proposal in the Senate based by on a bipartisan framework, and it can and should move forward. We also discussed the new law in Arizona, which is a misdirected effort, a misdirected expression of frustration over our broken immigration system, and which has raised concerns in both our countries. Today, I want every American to know my administration has devoted unprecedented resources in personnel and technology to securing our border.”