Hannah Hintermeister

Hannah Hintermeister is a Research Assistant with MPI’s U.S. Immigration Policy Program, where she focuses on legal immigration policy, immigration enforcement, asylum, and border policy. 

Before joining MPI, Ms. Hintermeister worked with the Kino Border Initiative in Nogales, Mexico, where she supported migrant services and contributed to reports on U.S.-Mexico border conditions. She also worked in immigration legal services with Morales Law PLLC and the American Bar Association’s Immigration Justice Project, conducting bilingual client interviews, preparing immigration applications, and researching country conditions. She taught English in Colombia as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant and served as a congressional intern in the U.S. House of Representatives for a member representing her home state of Minnesota.

Ms. Hintermeister holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and Spanish, with a minor in sociology, from the University of San Diego. Her undergraduate research examined U.S. immigration judge decision-making using qualitative and quantitative methods. She graduated summa cum laude and completed the honors program.