Long-form information produced by WOLA
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 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 WOLA on January 22, 2021.
This compendium of recommendations includes an extensive “migration and border policy” section.
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 the Washington Office on Latin America on July 27, 2020.
An overview of key measures in the House of Representatives’ version of the 2021 DHS appropriation, including cutting border wall spending, defunding “Remain in Mexico,” reducing ICE detention, and others.
Published by WOLA on May 8, 2020.
Six reasons why the Trump administration’s doubling-down on border wall construction in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is costly and dangerous.
Published by Business Insider via World Politics Review on April 25, 2020.
Four coronavirus “hotspots” that the Trump administration’s border and migration policies risk creating.
Published by Brújula Ciudadana on April 13, 2020.
An analysis by me, in English and Spanish, of how the Trump administration’s coronavirus measures have not only put its whole immigration agenda in place, but are also threatening to spread the virus.
Published by WOLA on April 6, 2020.
Some of what the Trump administration is implementing at the border risks worsening the COVID-19 pandemic at home and exporting it to other countries.
Published by WOLA on March 10, 2020.
WOLA experts discuss current challenges the region faces from ineffective migration policies and protection of migrant rights and what might be done to change the situation.
Published by WOLA on January 15, 2020.
An explanation of how the Trump administration has wrested billions of dollars in money from elsewhere in the federal budget in order to fund wall-building without congressional approval.
Published by WOLA on December 19, 2019.
A memo reporting back from a field visit to El Paso and Ciudad Juárez.
