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Saving asylum and retaking the narrative: defending LGBTQ+ migrants in Tijuana

This episode, recorded on June 25, 2026, features Elijah Maurus, an attorney based in Tijuana who has worked principally with LGBTQ+ asylum seekers since 2018. Maurus relocated to Tijuana during the ...
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U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Supreme Court, border wall, ICE warehouses, May migration

Adam Isacson has worked on defense, security, and peacebuilding in Latin America since 1994. He now directs WOLA’s Defense Oversight... On Thursday June 25, as this Border Update edition was nearing ...
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WOLA Expresses Solidarity with Venezuela Following Devastating Earthquakes and Calls for an Immediate, Unobstructed Humanitarian Response

On June 24, 2026, two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, impacting the country’s central coastal region, including Caracas. So far, at least 164 people have been reported dead as a result of the ...
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Derechos LGBTIQ+ en el exilio: una conversación con Braulio Abarca

En este episodio de la serie del mes del Orgullo de Latin America Today, Maureen Meyer, vicepresidenta de Programas de WOLA, ...
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U.S. Resumes Ties with Guatemala’s Attorney General’s Office: An Opportunity That Requires Institutional Reforms

The recent visit to Washington by Guatemala's Attorney General, Gabriel García Luna, accompanied by the Minister of the ...
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U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Billions more for ICE and CBP, detention, border wall construction, impacts in the Americas

With this series of updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See past updates here. Your donation to WOLA is crucial to keeping these paywall-free and ad ...
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U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Billions more for DHS, deportations into Mexico, Big Bend border wall, April migration

Adam Isacson has worked on defense, security, and peacebuilding in Latin America since 1994. He now directs WOLA’s Defense Oversight... The U.S. Senate departed Washington for a week-long Memorial Day ...
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U.S.-Mexico Border Update: big court cases, ICE-Border Patrol budget bill, third-country deportations

Adam Isacson has worked on defense, security, and peacebuilding in Latin America since 1994. He now directs WOLA’s Defense Oversight... With this series of updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most ...
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U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Migration data, DHS shutdown and new management, abuses in ICE custody, border walls

With this series of updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See past updates here. Your donation to WOLA is crucial to keeping these paywall-free and ad ...
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Denouncing Into the Void: The Dismantling of Internal Oversight and Accountability at DHS

Adam Isacson has worked on defense, security, and peacebuilding in Latin America since 1994. He now directs WOLA’s Defense Oversight... One year ago, on March 21, 2025, hundreds of experienced ...
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Two months without Maduro in Venezuela: Democratic transition or authoritarian adaptation?

Laura Cristina Dib is the Venezuela Program Director at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), where she works with... January 3, 2026 changed the course of history in Venezuela, and there are ...
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U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Turmoil at DHS, Big Bend border wall, ICE detention deaths and expansion

Adam Isacson has worked on defense, security, and peacebuilding in Latin America since 1994. He now directs WOLA’s Defense Oversight... With this series of updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most ...