Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Michael (Mike) Richard PompeoPutin nominated for Nobel Peace Prize The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - Trump previews SCOTUS nominee as 'totally brilliant' Pompeo accused of stumping for Trump ahead of election MORE said the U.S. is quickly approaching a “moment of crisis” on immigration as a "caravan" of over 4,000 migrants makes its way up Central America toward Mexico, while placing much of the onus on America’s southern neighbor to deal with the situation.

“We are quickly reaching a point which appears to be a moment of crisis," said Pompeo during a press conference in Mexico with Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray Caso.

"Foreign Secretary Videgaray and I spoke about the importance of stopping this flow before it reaches the U.S. border. We are deeply aware that the way that Mexico will handle this, the way that you will handle this is your sovereign decision. Mexico will make its decision, its leaders and its people will decide the best way to achieve what I believe are our shared objectives,” he added.

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Pompeo repeatedly emphasized the importance of immigration as an issue facing the U.S. and echoed President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE’s calls for Washington to undertake significant immigration reform.

“The challenge related to securing our southern border is also a challenge for American sovereignty. We’ve got to fix U.S. laws in order to handle this properly as well. That is an American burden, a uniquely American burden, and as President Trump has said, something that we need to address inside of our country to make sure that we do this well,” he said.

Pompeo’s comments come as Trump employs harsh rhetoric toward Central American countries as he pushes for help in controlling migrants’ movement, while threatening to "close our southern border."

"I am watching the Democrat Party led (because they want Open Borders and existing weak laws) assault on our country by Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, whose leaders are doing little to stop this large flow of people, INCLUDING MANY CRIMINALS, from entering Mexico to U.S.," Trump said in a tweet on Thursday.

“In addition to stopping all payments to these countries, which seem to have almost no control over their population, I must, in the strongest of terms, ask Mexico to stop this onslaught — and if unable to do so I will call up the U.S. Military and CLOSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER!” he said in a follow-up post.