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Leutert Quoted in Mexico Asylum Appointments Article
Stephanie Leutert, Director of the Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative, was recently quoted in a Reuters in the article “Exclusive: U.S. restarts asylum appointments at Mexico border town despite extortion threat.” Leutert spoke further about the likelihood of an extortion scheme beginning again. “In essence, (it is) returning exactly to the very same dynamics…
CAMPI May 2023 Asylum Processing Report Cited in Reuters
The Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative’s May 2023 report on Asylum Processing at the US-Mexico Border was recently cited in a Reuters article on “U.S. suspends asylum appointments in Texas border city after extortion reports.” To learn more, read the article here.
CAMPI Fellow Discusses Migrant and Asylum Seekers in the Darién Gap
Caitlyn Yates, Fellow at the Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law, recently interviewed with The New Humanitarian to discuss the influx in the number of migrants and asylum seekers crossing the treacherous Darién Gap that separates Colombia and Panama. Despite the introduction and expiration of U.S. policies—the United States-Panama-Colombia…
May 2023 CAMPI Report Cited in NYT Article
The newest May report on Asylum Processing at the US-Mexico Border from the Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative was recently cited in a New York Times article providing essential context on overcrowded migrant shelters along the U.S.-Mexico border and its tragic consequences for migrants. “While the number of daily border crossings declined sharply a…
CAMPI Releases May 2023 Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border Report
The Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative (CAMPI), led by our CAMPI Director Stephanie Leutert and CAMPI Fellow Caitlyn Yates, have released the quarterly report on Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border. This May 2023 report provides an asylum processing update along the U.S.-Mexico border and focuses on the CBP One appointment process, asylum processing at ports of entry, waiting…
CAMPI Releases Report on Migration and Migrant Smuggling in South Texas
The Strauss Center’s Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative (CAMPI) Director Stephanie Leutert, with Maureen Rendón, a 2022-23 Strauss Brumley Next Generation Fellow, have published a report on migration and migrant smuggling in South Texas. This report focuses on the time period from 2014 to 2022 and attempts to answer two broad questions. The first question is related…
CAMPI Director Discusses Asylum Processing Report
Stephanie Leutert, Director of the Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative, spoke to The Monitor about asylum processing and the newest report that was released in February. “So in five years there’s four different types of processing procedure which is really incredible. That’s unprecedented because before five years that was just the way it was….
Leutert Quoted in LA Times on Migrants Applying for Asylum
Stephanie Leutert, Director of the Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative, was quoted in the LA Times on migrants seeking asylum in the United States. “To make that even clearer, you may have fled thousands of miles, but those last steps — at a paved port of entry, on desert dirt, or on the Rio…
CAMPI Releases February 2023 Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border Report
The Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative (CAMPI), led by our CAMPI Director Stephanie Leutert and CAMPI Fellow Caitlyn Yates, have released the quarterly report on Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border. This February 2023 update includes numbers from both original asylum waitlists and Title 42 exception waitlists. In many cities, Title 42 exception waitlists have replaced the asylum waitlists…
CAMPI Director Quoted in Migrant Death Article
Stephanie Leutert, Director of Strauss’ Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative, was quoted in a Texas Tribune article “Texas heat-related deaths reached a two-decade high in 2022 amid extreme temperatures.” “Leutert said a large number of these deaths were likely related to heat, but may have not been counted as heat-related deaths because their cause…
