A new WOLA report analyzes the impacts of Mexico's increased migration enforcement efforts at its southern border with Guatemala.

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The Alien Enemies Act invocation and El Salvador renditions have days in court, Notes about deportation flights, Budget resolution to move in Senate, Notes on the U.S. military’s border and migration ...

Utilizar la fuerza militar estadounidense en el extranjero contra organizaciones criminales con fines lucrativos sería un ...

Adam Isacson has worked on defense, security, and peacebuilding in Latin America since 1994. He now directs WOLA’s Defense Oversight... The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) is a leading ...

Accumulating accounts of cruel and possibly unlawful removals and detentions; “Reconciliation” mega-spending bill sails through House committees; Renditions to El Salvador blocked, for now, amid new ...

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has proposed a package of constitutional reforms that would transform the composition of Mexico’s judiciary, among other changes. Mexico’s incoming federal ...

THE FULL UPDATE: CBP releases July data showing migration hitting new low at the border Migration Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported another decrease from June to July in the number of ...

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has deepened militarization both within and beyond the realm of public security.

THE FULL UPDATE: An already quiet border gets quieter “In the past seven days, U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 4,577 individuals attempting to enter the country illegally, a significant 55% ...

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