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…
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
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…
Sistema Mexicano de Detención de Migrantes (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…
