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The Impact of Securitization on Central American Migrants (2017-18)
This report evaluates Mexico’s migratory policies as well as the legal mandates of government bodies whose agents regularly interact with Central American migrants. It documents advances such as the decriminalization of irregular migration and the enactment of laws that protect certain high-risk groups. It also covers backsliding, such as when migratory officials and police officers…
Ahead of Presidential Elections, Mexico Should Re-evaluate its Southern Border Policy
Squires, Scott, June 2018
Organized Crime and Central American Migration in Mexico (2017-18)
The following report was researched and written in response to a request by the Mexican Federal Police for an evaluation of the interactions between organized crime and Central American migrants transiting through Mexico. Given that protecting migrants and combating organized criminal groups both fall within the Federal Police’s mandate, this evaluation also outlines how protecting…
El Crimen Organizado y la Migracion CentroAmericana en Mexico (2017-18)
El siguiente reporte fue preparado y redactado como respuesta a una solicitud de la Policía Federal sobre la evaluación de las interacciones entre el crimen organizado y los migrantes centroamericanos que pasan por México. Debido a que, tanto la protección a los migrantes como el combate a los grupos criminales, recaen sobre los mandatos de…
Model Police Precincts in Central America: When Improving Policing Becomes Reducing Migration
Hofstetter, Jacob, May 2018
Regulating the Private Security Sector in Mexico
The following report is a joint research effort by the Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin and the Unit of Planning, Forecasting, and Private Security (Unidad de Planeación, Prospectiva y Seguridad Privada) within Mexico’s National Security Commission (Comisión Nacional de Seguridad, CNS) to map out Mexico’s…