Stephanie Leutert
@Sleutert
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Director of the Central America and Mexico Policy Initiative @StraussCenter @UTAustin
Austin, TX
Joined February 2011
My @StraussCenter @TheLBJSchool students wrote four reports about migration along the US-Mexico border. Here is the first one on California. It tracks clandestine migration routes, migrant risk and mortality, and smuggler demographics in the region.
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RT @nytimes: Breaking News: A judge ruled that President Trump can’t categorically deny asylum, rejecting his claim that extraordinary powe….
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The judge wrote that neither the Constitution nor federal immigration law gave the president the authority to “adopt an alternative immigration system.”
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Biggest drop in waiting migrant population appears to be in Reynosa, where the security situation continues to be deeply challenging.
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Slightly late, but the May 2025 @StraussCenter asylum processing report with @yatescait is now out! . CBP is not processing asylum seekers and the number of migrants waiting in MX border cities is dropping (less than 6,000 people border-wide).
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RT @yatescait: The May 2025 @StraussCenter Asylum Processing report with @Sleutert is out. This is the 7th major enforcement and asylum po….
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RT @aogarza: Much has been written over the past few weeks re: the impact of Trump’s #immigration raids on ag businesses. But in April, @ya….
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A guest column by former Antonio Garza, the former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, and Dr. Caitlyn Yates, program officer at the NGO Labor Mobility Partnerships.
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RT @StraussCenter: Great work to this year's "Clandestine Migration Along the U.S. Mexico Border" policy research project teams on on their….
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RT @adam_wola: This will be in tomorrow's Border Update but deserves its own separate post:. Profiles of 15 young Venezuelan men shipped of….
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As of mid-February 2025, this report estimated that approximately 13,000 individuals remained in Mexican border cities. These individuals were concentrated in Reynosa, Ciudad Juárez, and Tijuana.
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Since the Trump Administration assumed office, the conditions along the border have changed dramatically. Some asylum seekers in Mexico have left border cities, returned to their cities of origin, or crossed into the United States as clandestine migrants between ports of entry.
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The @StraussCenter February 2025 asylum processing report is out. It highlights the big shifts at the border, since - as of January 20th - there is no longer any asylum processing at the border.
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RT @ioangrillo: Thousands run from cartels in Mexico to claim asylum in the US, but their success rate is very low - 16.6% last years compa….
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RT @thcartwright: 5/8 There were 18 flights to Guantanamo, 17 on military planes from Biggs in El Paso. All the passengers from the first 1….
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RT @thcartwright: 4/8 Military aircraft did not augment capacity, it simply replaced traditional existing capacity, at a much higher cost.….
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RT @arelisrhdz: The migrants being held in Guantánamo were flown to Honduras and then boarded onto planes back to Venezuela today. DHS desc….
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Many of the migrants were being kept in a detention facility that has historically held suspected terrorists. They were flown back to Venezuela Thursday after a stop in Honduras.
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RT @adam_wola: Aboard the 2 flights that deported 190 people to Caracas last week were 2 who had deserted #Venezuela’s military. The Trump….
efectococuyo.com
El ministro indicó que los casos de las personas con antecedentes penales ya "están siendo trabajados" por las autoridades
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On Wednesday, U.S. officials began flying hundreds of people - including families with small children - to Panama. On the flight, children cried & a woman fainted. Now on the ground, Panamanian authorities says it will hold them in a camp in the Darien:.
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The administration has asked Panama to take in hundreds of people who can’t easily be sent back to their countries. Many say they are in danger.
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RT @StraussCenter: Congratulations to #StraussCAMPI Director @SLeutert for her recognition as one of Washington Post's Next 50 for her esse….
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RT @diazbriseno: Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designation vs six Mexican drug cartels would land WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19TH, according….
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