Mexico should play a role in temporary-worker programs by providing incentives for migrants to return to their country, including health, housing and jobs programs, Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said late Tuesday night.

In a speech on immigration issues, Derbez said Mexico has a responsibility to create enough jobs on its soil for its citizens, and that the country no longer wants to be an exporter of labor.

"Mexico should assume its responsibility and take concrete actions to develop a series of programs in health, employment and housing in Mexico, in order to guarantee that temporary workers return to the country," Derbez said.

Derbez called immigrant trafficking "a problem of national security for our country," and claimed that the rise in prices charged by smugglers indicated that the government was making their operations more difficult.

"Mexican politicians have an obligation to create conditions so that we no longer have to export labor," Derbez told academics and students.

The U.S. Senate is currently debating temporary worker programs, along with a host of other options on immigration reform.