Experts in the News

Boosting the number of immigrants allowed to legally work in the U.S. can ease labor shortages that threaten America’s economic outlook, wrote research scholar Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez. "I see an important opportunity to resolve labor shortages that are wreaking economic havoc."

The reopening of the U.S.-Mexico border for fully vaccinated tourists came just in time for one of the biggest shopping seasons of the year. But so far, shoppers have returned in disappointingly low numbers. "More than 230,000 people cross the ports of entry into the U.S. every day to work, go to school, shop, go on vacation,” said research scholar José Iván Rodríguez. “They represent an important source of business for counties on the Texas border."

The absence of traveler spending during a 20-month partial closure of the U.S.-Mexico border caused a $20 billion loss to the region, estimated research scholar José Iván Rodríguez-Sánchez.

"Corruption has affected Pemex for decades," said postdoctoral research fellow José Iván Rodríguez-Sánchez. "It is necessary to combat corruption in this sector, and the Financial Intelligence Unit is carrying out some of these investigations. Its success will depend on the transparency in these prosecutions and the sanctions established at the end of them."

Mexico Center postdoctoral fellow Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez discussed his concerns about the AMLO administration’s approach to corruption.