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

Along the shared margins of Mexico and the United States, border municipalities are facing a colossal challenge: managing the growing complexity of migration dynamics. In 2024, the northern border witnessed one of the most intense migratory flows of the past decade. According to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM), there were over 2.5 million encounters with migrants along the border. Of those, 61% came from count