Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Fiscal 2024 data, "metering" …
Oct 25, 2024 · With this series of weekly updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See past weekly updates here. Support ad-free, paywall-free Weekly Border Updates. Your donation to WOLA is crucial to sustain this effort. Please contribute now and support our work. THIS WEEK IN …
Fewer Migrants, Greater Danger: The Impact of 2024’s Crackdowns …
Aug 29, 2024 · Contents: Overlapping crackdowns have cut U.S. border authorities’ migrant encounters All nationalities declined this summer, especially families from Mexico Texas’s state government crackdown has not reduced or deterred migration Weekly data indicate that the drop in migration is plateauing More migrants are dying in El Paso even as migration drops CBP One appointments are not […]
Drug Policy: Ending the Failed U.S. “War on Drugs” - WOLA
Oct 11, 2024 · This piece is part of the series, A Human Rights Agenda for the Next U.S. Administration, outlining WOLA’s priorities for U.S. policies centered on human rights. As the United States prepares for a new administration, WOLA reaffirms its commitment to justice, dignity, and the fundamental rights of people across the Americas. In this series, we […]
Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Migration trends, Mass …
Dec 20, 2024 · Due to end-of-year staff vacation time, WOLA will not publish Border Updates for the next two weeks. Updates will resume on January 10, 2025. With this series of weekly updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See past weekly updates here Signs of at least a modest pre-inauguration migration increase November data showed migration levels at the ...
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“The War on Drugs,” Militarization and States of Emergency
Mar 28, 2024 · John delivered these remarks as part of the CND side event “‘The War on Drugs,’ Militarization, and States of Emergency: Measures to Address These Critical Human Rights Challenges.” The side event was organized by the Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS) with the support of Colombia, Czechia, Paraguay, Switzerland, Uruguay, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the ...
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Trump’s Threats of Tariffs as a Response to Migration and the …
Dec 5, 2024 · On November 25, president-elect Donald Trump pledged to impose a 25 percent tariff on all goods from Mexico and Canada until these countries “solve” undocumented migration and illicit fentanyl trafficking into the United States. Trump also announced plans for an additional 10 percent tariff on goods from China. Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, responded that …
State of Exception in El Salvador: From a Security Measure to a ...
Dec 4, 2024 · El Salvador faces a high concentration of power, lack of judicial independence, and a deterioration of democratic institutions, with the recent election of Donald Trump as president of the United States gaining importance in the country due to Bukele's strong ties to the Republican Party and close circles of the president-elect.
Understanding the Failure of the U.S. Embargo on Cuba - WOLA
Feb 4, 2022 · Background, Impact and Recommendations from Leading Cuba Experts On February 3, 1962, President John F. Kennedy imposed the U.S. embargo on Cuba. The 60th anniversary of the embargo is a stark reminder of the United States’ policy failures of the longest lasting series of sanctions in its foreign policy history. Today, more than half a century since the embargo was put in place, the Biden ...