U.S.-Cuba Relations: The Old, the New and What Should Come Next
Dec 16, 2022 · In 2022, the Biden administration finally took steps that can lay the groundwork for future movement on U.S.-Cuba relations. Since May, the Biden administration has reversed some Trump-era policies on Cuba –including resuming flights as well as facilitating family reunification and remittances– and restored engagement on select issues, particularly migration. What is …
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Carolina Jiménez Sandoval President. Carolina Jiménez Sandoval is the President of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). She brings to WOLA over 20 years of experience in research and advocacy for human rights in the Americas and throughout the world.
Fewer Migrants, Greater Danger: The Impact of 2024’s Crackdowns
Aug 29, 2024 · Data table . Conclusion. The Biden administration and Democratic candidates have been aware that the border and migration were a public opinion vulnerability heading into the 2024 election campaign. They appear satisfied that the recent drop in migration numbers at the border, resulting from Mexico’s crackdown and new asylum restrictions, has blunted a Republican line of attack.
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Five Key Trends in Cuban Migration in 2023 - WOLA
Dec 20, 2023 · Since our March 2022 commentary on Cuban migration, the Caribbean nation remains mired in economic turmoil with little relief. Nearly half a million Cubans have left their homes to seek new opportunities in the United States, embarking on perilous migrant routes over land and by sea. Meanwhile, state reforms in Cuba have failed to improve […]
10 Things to Know About the End of Title 42 - WOLA
May 9, 2023 · Summary May 11 is the final day for the Trump and Biden administrations’ “Title 42” policy, which undid the basic right to seek asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border for 38 months. Now, 2.8 million migrant expulsions later, the U.S. government is reverting to immigration law as it existed before the world went into lockdown. But […]
Seven Facts about MS-13 and How to Combat the Gang - WOLA
Jul 18, 2017 · In recent months the Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, gang has been placed front and center in the national U.S. immigration debate. Between four congressional hearings and much media attention, there is a lot of information, opinions, and misinformation swirling around policy circles about the group. WOLA has been following gang …
Halfway to the U.S.: A Report from Honduras on Migration
Jun 2, 2023 · Overview: Four current and former WOLA staff members—Adam Isacson, Maureen Meyer, Ana Lucia Verduzco, and Joy Olson—visited Honduras from April 26th to May 5th, 2023. Why we visited: WOLA has done extensive research on the U.S.-Mexico border, throughout Mexico and the Mexico-Guatemala border, and the Darién Gap has begun to draw attention. But the U.S – Mexico border is the end of a ...
Putting the U.S.-Mexico ‘Border Crisis’ Narrative into Context
Mar 17, 2021 · It may seem ironic, but even as it carried out the cruelest anti-migration policies in decades, the Trump administration presided over the largest flows of migration at the U.S.-Mexico border since the mid-2000s. This continued through Donald Trump’s last months in office, which saw migration rise sharply even as stringent pandemic measures made the pursuit […]
The Drug War Catastrophe in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jun 17, 2021 · Join the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) for an upcoming series of events: This year marks the anniversaries of two watershed moments in drug policy that have generated disastrous consequences worldwide—and particularly for the people of Latin America and the Caribbean. WOLA will explore these issues in an …