Experts in the News

Caravans of Central Americans heading toward the U.S. have been driven underground by government checkpoints at the Guatemala-Mexico border, Mexico Center director Tony Payan said. "It's going to have a pernicious effect because people are not going to band together by the hundreds or thousands. They’re probably going to resort to organized smugglers or ‘coyotes'" as they cross remote areas and mountain passes.

Peter Hotez, fellow in disease and poverty, was interviewed about a new study suggesting that wealthy nations have the highest distrust of vaccines.

Texas’ political rhetoric led more Asian immigrants, who had been keen supporters of the Republican Party, to vote for Democrats in the 2018 election, said fellow Mark Jones.

“Absent a major technological breakthrough, coal will most likely remain a staple of the global energy diet,” wrote energy fellow Anna Mikulska.

“All it would take is a couple of raids here in Houston and [undocumented workers] will essentially go to ground,” fellow Mark Jones said about President Trump’s threats to remove illegal immigrants from the U.S.