Long-form information produced by WOLA
Published by WOLA on April 5, 2022.
A brief report from fieldwork at the Texas-Mexico border finds that Title 42 has been a boon to the cartels that control much of daily life on the Mexican side of the border.
Published by WOLA on March 31, 2022.
A look at what might happen after the Title 42 expulsion policy’s scheduled late-May end, and how to put together an orderly asylum process.
Published by WOLA on March 21, 2022.
A photo essay from a WOLA staff visit to the Texas-Mexico border, from Del Rio to Brownsville including four Mexican border cities.
Published by WOLA on February 17, 2022.
Aboard the Biden administration’s 198th flight deporting or expelling people to Haiti was the 20,000th migrant sent back to the Caribbean nation since Inauguration Day 2021.
Published by WOLA on January 18, 2022. (Español)
Includes a discussion of the Biden administration’s 2021 border and migration policies.
Published by WOLA on December 7, 2021.
A discussion with Mexico-based experts about the state of Mexico’s asylum system and its increasingly militarized migration enforcement.
Published by WOLA on November 23, 2021.
A brief English overview of an analysis at Mexico’s Brújula Ciudadana publication, proposing ways for Mexico to avoid remaining “complicit with the immigration policies of the US government.”
Published by WOLA on September 27, 2021.
An interview with the creators of a documentary about the plague of migrant deaths in ranchland around a Border Patrol checkpoint in south Texas.
Published by WOLA on September 9, 2021.
A reaction to Mexican security and immigration forces’ harsh response to asylum-seeking migrants’ efforts to leave the country’s southern border zone.
Published by WOLA on August 13, 2021.
A call for greater cooperation to prepare for, and to mitigate, the climate-related causes of migration in the hemisphere.
Published by WOLA on August 5, 2021.
Details the impact of Title 42 expulsions and other asylum-denial policies, and presents the outlines of a new approach to persistently high levels of protection-seeking migration at the border.
Published by WOLA on July 9, 2021.
Following fieldwork at the border, an interview with former WOLA director Joy Olson about the Biden administration’s policy trajectory.
Published by WOLA on April 15, 2021.
A discussion of Mexico’s crackdown on migration, its asylum system, and the role of U.S. policy.
Published by WOLA on March 23, 2021.
An explanation of Mexico’s growing asylum system, obstacles to protection in Mexico, and how the United States can help.
Published by WOLA on March 17, 2021.
Amid increasing arrivals of migrants at the border, an explanation of trends and recommendations for next steps.
Published by WOLA on February 18, 2021.
Recommendations for a bilateral approach to the controversial Trump-era program’s end.
Published by WOLA on February 10, 2021.
The state of wall-building and funding, and options for the Biden administration to cease all construction and repair at least some of the damage.
Published by World Politics Review on February 10, 2021.
A panoramic view of the new Biden administration’s proposed changes to border and migration policies, and the challenges they face in the near term.
Published by WOLA on January 22, 2021.
This compendium of recommendations includes an extensive “migration and border policy” section.
Published by WOLA on December 9, 2020.
Even if a “wave” of migration happens in early 2021, the new Biden administration can handle it with minimal drama while phasing out the Trump administration’s harsh anti-asylum policies.
Published by WOLA on December 2, 2020.
Recommendations to assist Mexico’s asylum system, reduce migrant detention in Mexico, and help Mexico make its approach to migration more rights-respecting.
Published by WOLA on November 23, 2020.
Taking stock of the region’s “new normal” of heavy migration flows, and the administrative and policy shifts that the Biden administration—and governments and international organizations regionwide—must undergo.
Published by WOLA on October 30, 2020.
A conversation with Eduardo Canales of the South Texas Human Rights Center, about his organization’s fight to stop migrant deaths and to identify remains.
Published by WOLA on October 29, 2020.
A response to the Trump administration’s celebration of completing a 400th mile of border wall.
Published by WOLA on October 16, 2020.
As the Homeland Security Department completes its 2020 fiscal year, a walk through some of the prominent findings from the year-end data.
