U.S.-Mexico Border Project
- PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The focus of the U.S.–Mexico Border Project is on immigration and other sensitive and critical issues along the U.S.-Mexico border. The scope of this program is to define problems, organize scholarly task forces to conduct research studies, formulate proposals, and engage politicians at the highest levels of government in the U.S. and Mexico.
Because border issues include drug trafficking and security as well as immigration, the policy issues are acutely relevant not just to Houston and Texas but to the rest of the nation as well. The integrated overview of the border region which the U.S.–Mexico Border Project is undertaking is aimed to address problems that are currently the source of serious tensions between two close neighbors. The ultimate goal of this program is nothing less than to reduce tensions, improve quality of life, and establish a working partnership between two great nations.
The U.S.–Mexico Border Project is funded primarily by the Houston Endowment. Program plans include task forces and a conference at the Baker Institute on border issues. The program will collect input from academicians in Mexico who might be potential participants and from Mexicans who live and work on the border in order to expand the program’s perspective and encourage grassroots involvement.
- PUBLICATIONS
- 2007
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A Proposal for Immigration Reform
Oct 08 2007Dagobert Brito, Hector Olea
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Does Reducing College Costs Improve Educational Outcomes for Undocumented Immigrants?
Jan 01 2007Aimee Chin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Chinhui Juhn, PhD, Henry Graham Professor of Economics, Department of Economics
- 2006
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Effects of Low-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Natives: Evidence from Hurricane Mitch
Jan 30 2006Adriana Kugler, Mutlu Yuskel
