The Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative (CAMPI), led by our CAMPI Fellows Savitri Arvey and Caitlyn Yates, have released the quarterly Metering Update for May 2021. This report provides an update on metering lists, asylum seekers, and migrant shelters along the U.S.-Mexico border amid CBP’s asylum processing suspension. It documents approximately 18,680 asylum seekers on waitlists in eight Mexican border cities. This is an approximately 15 percent increase from February 2021, when there were 16,250 asylum seekers on the lists. For more information, see the report here.
The Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative (CAMPI), led by CAMPI Director Stephanie Leutert and CAMPI Fellow Caitlyn Yates, have released the August 2026 update on "Migration Dynamics and Conditions at the U.S.-Mexico Border." This August 2026 Migration Dynamics and Conditions Update focuses on current U.S. asylum restrictions at ports of entry and migrants' experiences in Mexican border cities. It...
The Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative (CAMPI), led by CAMPI Director Stephanie Leutert and CAMPI Fellow Caitlyn Yates, have released the May 2026 update on "Migration Dynamics and Conditions at the U.S.-Mexico Border." This May 2026 Migration Dynamics and Conditions Update focuses on current U.S. asylum restrictions at ports of entry and migrants’ experiences in Mexican border cities. It draws on phone and WhatsApp...
The Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative (CAMPI), led by CAMPI Director Stephanie Leutert and CAMPI Fellow Caitlyn Yates, have released the February 2026 update on "Migration Dynamics and Conditions at the U.S.-Mexico Border." This February 2026 migration dynamics and conditions update focuses on current U.S. asylum restrictions at ports of entry and migrants’ experiences in Mexican border cities. It draws on phone and WhatsApp...