Publications
Reports
Migrant Deaths in South Texas
This report builds on previous research related to migrant deaths in South Texas. It seeks to answer three questions: 1) Where are migrants dying in South Texas? 2) Who are these individuals? and 3) How…
Metering & COVID-19
This report by the Robert Strauss Center at The University of Texas at Austin and the Center for U.S.- Mexican Studies (USMEX) at the University of California San Diego aims to provide an update on…
Student Papers
Territorial Tensions: Explaining Baja California’s Recent Wave of Violence
Soenen, Christian, September 2018
Ahead of Presidential Elections, Mexico Should Re-evaluate its Southern Border Policy
Squires, Scott, June 2018
Policy Research Projects
Política Migratoria Mexicana Sobre los Menores no Acompañados: Los Obstáculos para Acceder a Servicios y Protecciones (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…
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…
