The migration of Mexican immigrants to the U.S. is one of the largest bilateral migration flows in the world and … controls on illegal migration, this may impact both migration durations and remittances. Tighter borders increase crossing … costs, often because migrants need to pay smugglers (coyotes). Using data from the Mexican Migration Project, we find that …

Very few labor-based pathways for regular migration are available for people in Northern Central America, often called …-based migration channels in the region. It then argues that extending those channels is a necessary complement to asylum reform even …

Countries restrict the overall extent of international travel and migration to balance the expected costs and benefits …