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U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Migration data, DHS shutdown and new management, abuses in ICE custody, border walls

Migrant encounter data. DHS remains partially shut down. DHS has new management, same mission. Deaths in ICE custody.
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Before More People Are Hurt: Why the Trump Administration’s ‘Joint Targeting’ Model Needs a Rethink

At a March 5 “Counter Cartel Coalition” conference, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told assembled Latin American military ...
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Four Years of Ongoing Human Rights Violations in El Salvador and the Erosion of Democracy

On the 4th anniversary of El Salvador's state of exception, WOLA condemns its indefinite extension, citing mass detentions, ...
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“Women, ‘las buscadoras’, have become a very strong reference for courage” | A Special Women’s Month Conversation with Ana Lorena Delgadillo Pérez

For Women's Month, we're releasing a special episode of Latin America Today featuring a conversation with Ana Lorena ...
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Honduras: Concerns Over the Improper Use of Impeachment Proceedings Against High-Ranking Officials in the Judicial and Electoral Systems

The signing organizations express our concern over the initiation of impeachment proceedings against high-ranking officials ...
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Explore WOLA’s diverse events, from discussions on politics in Latin America and U.S. foreign policy, to conversations with human rights defenders and academics.
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What Does the Future Hold for Afrodescendants in the Second UN Decade?

Organized by the Organization of American States (OAS), the Washington Office for Latin America (WOLA) and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, American University Washington College of ...