Publications
Reports
Metering Update: May 2020
Since April 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have been stationed at the United States’ international boundary with Mexico and have informed arriving asylum seekers that U.S. ports of entry are full. Simultaneously,…
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…
Policy Research Projects
Migrant Protection Protocols: Implementation and Consequences for Asylum Seekers in Mexico (2019-20)
In November 2018, the United States and Mexico negotiated the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). Before MPP, asylum seekers were allowed to wait in the United States during their asylum cases. However, with MPP, asylum seekers…
Protocolos de Protección a Migrantes: Implementación y Consecuencias para los Solicitantes de Asilo en México (2019-20)
En noviembre de 2018, Estados Unidos y México negociaron los Protocolos de Protección de Migrantes (PPM). Antes de los PPM, a los solicitantes de asilo se les permitía esperar en los Estados Unidos durante sus…
Migrant Caravans in Mexico (2019-20)
For the past four decades, large-scale migration out of the Northern Triangle of Central America (NTCA)—Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador—has brought millions of people to the United States. Originally, this migration was made up of…
Caravanas de Migrantes en México (2019-20)
Durante las últimas cuatro décadas, la migración a gran escala del Triángulo Norte de Centroamérica (TNC) —Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador— ha traído a millones de personas a los Estados Unidos. Originalmente, esta migración estaba…
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
