Immigration at the US-Mexico Border: Changes under Biden and Trump

Name: Immigration at the US-Mexico Border: Changes under Biden and Trump
Start: 2025-09-10T18:00:00-05:00
Location: Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos

Schedule

Wed, 10 Sep, 2025 at 06:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos | San Marcos, TX

Register at https://www.txst.edu/cssw/news-events/event-archive/2025/immigration-and-us-mex-border.html
Immigration at the US-Mexico border has undergone major changes in the past decade with varying responses from different presidential administrations. The more than 2 million arrivals per year from 2022-2024 to the US' southern border was part of a larger shift in the nature of migration to the US, from largely single men from neighboring Mexico and Northern Central American countries seeking employment, to entire family groups who had been displaced by political, economic, and environmental turmoil at home. Although US policy has consistently focused on deterrence and externalizing its border, government policies have led to major changes at the US-Mexico border in recent years. Drs. Blue and Devine will give an overview of changes in US policies and immigrant arrivals at the border, discussing policy consequences for migrant arrivals and for organized crime. They will draw on a recent research project that included over 150 interviews with migrant families and local experts conducted in 2023-2024.
Geographies of Migration and (In)Security at the US-MX Border
Research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) 2002-2025