Analysis
Browse publications from our programs and news from our distinguished scholars
Bridging the Research-Policy Gap to Address Climate Risks in Fragile States
https://utexas.app.box.com/s/bzi0pfxgju8bvxa12qicynpjkdd9yght Ashley Moran, International Crisis Group, 2020
Metering Update: Feb 2020
Since November 2019, asylum seekers have continued to arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border, although in lower numbers than in previous months. This February 2020 metering update estimates that there are currently around 15,000 asylum seekers on waitlists in 11 Mexican border cities.
Metering Update: Nov 2019
In December 2018, the Strauss Center at the University of Texas at Austin, the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (USMEX) at the University of California San Diego, and the Migration Policy Centre published a report documenting these practices. This report highlighted how metering had spread across the U.S.-Mexico border and described the waitlist systems in eight…
Forgetting El Chapo: Why Mexico’s Violence Will Remain Unabated
In this essay, Cecilia Farfán-Méndez discusses three topics that are indispensable for informing further research and conversations about violence and insecurity in Mexico: the importance of distinguishing between organized crime and drug trafficking groups; the diversification of illicit activities by certain criminal groups; and the need to examine the role of women in violence and…
Metering Update: August 2019
This August metering update estimates that there are currently around 26,000 asylum seekers on waitlists or waiting to get on these waitlists in 12 Mexican border cities. This is an increase of 40 percent since May 2019, with the biggest increases in the number of asylum seekers occurring in Tijuana, Reynosa, and Ciudad Juárez. The…
Mexico’s Migratory Detention System (2018-19)
This report examines the evolution of Mexico’s migratory detention system, particularly with respect to legislative changes in 2008 and 2011 that decriminalized migration. Until 2008, irregular migration was a criminal offense, punishable with fines and jail time. In 2008, Mexican policymakers removed the prison sentences attached to irregular migration and turned it into an administrative…
Sistema Mexicano de Detención de Migrantes (2018-19)
El presente reporte examina la evolución del sistema de detención de migrantes de México, en particular con respecto a los cambios legislativos en 2008 y 2011 que despenalizaron a la migración. Hasta 2008, la migración irregular era considerada un delito penal punible con multas y cárcel. En 2008, los legisladores mexicanos revocaron el encarcelamiento relacionado…
The Implementation and Legacy of Mexico’s Southern Border Program (2018-19)
The following report is from a year-long investigation by M.A. students at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin in collaboration with FM4 Paso Libre, a civil society organization based in Guadalajara, Jalisco that is dedicated to the defense and promotionof migrant and refugees’ human rights through comprehensive humanitarian…
La Implementación y el Legado del Programa Frontera Sur de México (2018-19)
Durante las últimas dos décadas, México ha promulgado múltiples programas nacionales e iniciativas internacionales con el propósito de manejar los movimientos de migrantes y mercancías ilícitas a través de sus estados fronterizos del sur. En julio del 2014, México lanzó su más recientey mayor iniciativa, el Programa Frontera Sur, en medio de la llegada de…
Mexico’s Migratory Policy Regarding Unaccompanied Minors: Obstacles to Accessing Services and Protections (2018-19)
This report explores the dynamics surrounding Central American unaccompanied minors in Mexico and their access to the country’s protection system. Since 2009, the number of unaccompanied minors from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras has increased significantly. Between 2009 and 2018, Mexican immigration officials apprehended approximately 80,000 unaccompanied minors, and hundreds of thousands more migrated through…