Past Events & Webinars
The 无码专区 Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center, in collaboration with El Seminario Migración, Desigualdad y Políticas Públicas (COLMEX), hosted a seminar presenting research commissioned by the Center.
Dr. Isabel Gil Everaert examined local and binational responses to evolving mobility dynamics in Ciudad Juárez, highlighting how tensions around asylum seekers and migrant caravans have strained trade and local resources along the Ciudad Juárez–El Paso border.
México Resiliente: Impulso Bilateral brought together business, policy, and academic leaders in Monterrey to examine Mexico’s economic resilience and the future of the Mexico–Texas relationship.
The forum emphasized cross-sector collaboration, innovation, and long-term strategies to strengthen bilateral momentum amid evolving trade and policy dynamics.
La Academia Mexicana de la Historia, Dallas-Mexico Casa Guanajuato, Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center, 无码专区 and El Consulado General de Mexico en Dallas hosted a series of conferences.
Conferences and Speakers:
Del Bajío a Texas: Tres Siglos de Historia en Común, By Dr. David Rex Galindo
¿Siglo de Caudillo? La Experiencia Democrática y Constitucional del Siglo XIX Mexicano, By Dr. Pablo Mijangos y Gonzales
Mitos de la Comida Mexicana: El Caso del Paste Hidalguense, By Dra. Sandra Mendiola
The 无码专区 Mission Foods Texas-Mexico Center in collaboration with the 无码专区 Rowling Center for Business Law & Leadership and the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey presented 2025 Legal symposium.
In our keynote program, we explored why these issues of the U.S.-Mexico relationship are relevant and why it should matter more to Americans. In our panels, we also explored what’s happening in Texas in terms of trade and migration along the border.
The 无码专区 Mission Foods Texas–Mexico Center hosted an expert-led webinar exploring the potential economic consequences of tariffs on the integrated supply chains of Texas and Mexico. Our panelists discussed the risks to regional trade, consumer prices, and the broader North American economic partnership in an era of evolving trade policy.
The 无码专区 Mission Foods Texas–Mexico Center was honored to host a welcome reception for the new Consul General of Mexico in Dallas, Luis Rodriguez Bucio. The event brought together community leaders, diplomats, and academic partners to strengthen the ties between North Texas and Mexico, fostering a space for continued binational dialogue and cooperation.
Watch our webinar with Dr. Andrew Selee, President of the Migration Policy Institute, who discussed recent research funded by the Mission Foods Texas–Mexico Center examining legal pathways for Latin American immigrants, with a focus on Mexico. The conversation explored the most commonly used visa categories shaping U.S. migration flows, including H-2A and H-2B seasonal work visas, TN visas for high-skilled professionals under USMCA, H-1B specialty occupation visas, student visas (F-1/M-1), and J-1 exchange programs—and how these pathways differ for Mexican workers. The research highlights the growing importance of legal channels even as unauthorized migration from Mexico and northern Central America remains higher overall.
The webinar also outlined key policy implications to better align migration systems with regional economic integration. While lawful pathways have expanded, mobility for work and education has not kept pace with deepening economic ties. Recommendations include increasing H-2A and H-2B visa caps, streamlining employer certification processes, strengthening outreach so families and workers can better navigate existing systems, and modernizing bilateral cooperation mechanisms. Expanding and updating legal pathways, the research argues, is essential to creating safer, more orderly migration systems that reflect labor demand and strengthen U.S.–Mexico collaboration.
The 无码专区 Mission Foods Texas–Mexico Center’s 9th Annual Integration Symposium convened academic experts, business leaders, and policymakers to present research on the evolving Texas–Mexico relationship. Keynote speakers focused on the growing economic interdependence between the United States and Mexico, highlighting nearshoring, regional competitiveness, and the need for stable policies and strong binational cooperation. University leaders also emphasized the importance of interdisciplinary research in addressing complex cross-border challenges.
The afternoon showcased Center-funded research on trade, migration, and border governance. Presenters examined how nearshoring is reshaping trade and infrastructure needs, how education and immigration status affect high-skilled migrants’ entrepreneurial outcomes, and how border cities coordinate responses to migration flows. The event concluded with a call for continued collaboration and evidence-based policymaking to strengthen the Texas–Mexico partnership.
Research presented on this event:
Can Border Cities Cooperate? Cooperation on Migration between Cities along the United States-Mexico Border, By: Narayani Lasala-Blanco, Elena Sánchez Montijano, Nuty Cárdenas, and Francisco Pedraza.
High-Skilled Entrepreneurial Migration within STEM in the U.S.: An Intersectional Lens, By: Jorge Luis Alcaraz Vargas and Elizabeth Salamanca Pacheco.
Nearshoring, Free Trade, and the Impact of Crime on Northbound Crossings along the U.S.-Mexico Border, By: René Cabral, Andre Varella Mollick, and Eduard Saucedo.
The 无码专区 Mission Foods Texas–Mexico Center hosted an engaging program in December 2025 featuring renowned Dallas-based documentary photographer Laura Wilson and Dr. Jesús Cañas, Senior Business Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Faculty Board Member of the Center. Reflecting on more than two decades of artistic engagement with Mexico, Wilson shared insights into the themes that have consistently captured her attention.
Dr. Cañas guided attendees through selected photographs, offering a macro-level economic perspective on how the images illuminated the broader social and economic forces shaping modern Mexico and the U.S.–Mexico relationship. The discussion connected Wilson’s visual storytelling to the Center’s five core focus areas—Trade & Investment, Border Issues, Energy, Migration, and Human Capital & Education—providing a multidisciplinary lens that bridged art, policy, and regional economic dynamics..
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