The magazine that analyzes the power of Mexican municipalities in the economy, governance and Mexico's relationship with the world.

Migration policy between Mexico and the United States entered 2025 with a paradox: while Mexico consolidated an unprecedented female leadership—Claudia Sheinbaum became the country’s first female president—on the other side of the Rio Grande, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is steering the most restrictive shift in decades. This tension opens both an opportunity and a risk: either the border becomes a laboratory for equality and inclusion, or it remains a political

For decades, analyses of the Mexico–U.S. border have focused on trade, migration, and infrastructure. However, since 2023—and even more clearly in 2024—a silent yet decisive force has begun reshaping the region: welfare policies. In binational cities like Tijuana–San Diego, Ciudad Juárez–El Paso, and Nogales–Nogales, access to social services, healthcare, education, and direct income transfers is increasingly influencing not only quality of life but also migration patterns, i