The Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative (CAMPI), led by CAMPI Director Stephanie Leutert and CAMPI Fellow Caitlyn Yates, have released the November 2025 update on “Migration Dynamics and Conditions at the U.S.-Mexico Border.”
This report focuses on current U.S. asylum restrictions at ports of entry and migrants’ experiences in Mexican border cities. It draws on phone and WhatsApp interviews with Mexican government officials and members of civil society organizations on both sides of the border, from November 10, 2025 through November 17, 2025, relying on local news articles to fill data gaps.
“Since January 2025, the number of migrants waiting at the U.S.-Mexico border has dropped dramatically,” the report states. “This report estimates that approximately 5,245 individuals remain in Mexican border cities…We approximate this figure to be the lowest number of migrants in Mexican border cities since 2018 or 2019.”
Read their findings in full here.
Stephanie Leutert, Director of the Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative, published an article in International Migration Review with Dr. Mary Evans and Ludovica Gazze, titled "Rescue Beacons and Migrant Deaths in Southern Arizona." This article aims to better understand the Border Patrol's humanitarian activities and their effects by exploring the relationship between rescue beacons and migrant deaths in Pima County, Arizona...
The Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative (CAMPI), led by CAMPI Director Stephanie Leutert and CAMPI Fellow Caitlyn Yates, have released the quarterly report on Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border. This August 2025 asylum processing 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 interviews with Mexican government officials...
The Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative (CAMPI), led by our CAMPI Director Stephanie Leutert and CAMPI Fellow Caitlyn Yates, have released the quarterly report on Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border. This May 2025 asylum processing update focuses on current U.S. asylum policies at ports of entry and migrants’ experiences in Mexican border cities. Since the Trump Administration assumed office and halted asylum processing, the conditions for...