Publications
Reports
Clandestine 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….
Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border: February 2023
This February 2023 report provides an update to asylum processing along the U.S.-Mexico border by focusing on the CBP One appointment process, waiting asylum seekers, and migrant shelters. Overall, asylum seekers continue to face unstable…
Articles
How Many Mexicans and Central Americans Are Heading North?
Stephanie Leutert, September 2021
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
