Understanding the Failure of the U.S. Embargo on Cuba - WOLA
2022年2月4日 · Background, Impact and Recommendations from Leading Cuba Experts On February 3, 1962, President John F. Kennedy imposed the U.S. embargo on Cuba. The 60th anniversary of the embargo is a stark reminder of the United States’ policy failures of the longest lasting series of sanctions in its foreign policy history. Today, more than half a […]
U.S.-Cuba Relations: The Old, the New and What Should Come Next
2022年12月16日 · 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 yet to happen, […]
Drug Policy: Ending the Failed U.S. “War on Drugs” - WOLA
2024年10月11日 · This piece is part of the series, A Human Rights Agenda for the Next U.S. Administration, outlining WOLA’s priorities for U.S. policies centered on human rights. As the United States prepares for a new administration, WOLA reaffirms its commitment to justice, dignity, and the fundamental rights of people across the Americas.
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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.
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10 Things to Know About the End of Title 42 - WOLA
2023年5月9日 · 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 […]
Migration, country by country, at the U.S.-Mexico border
2022年11月23日 · The COVID pandemic, and related U.S. efforts to curtail access to asylum, have caused patterns of migration at the U.S.-Mexico border to fluctuate in often sharp and unpredictable ways. The two graphics below indicate the top countries of citizenship of migrants encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal years 2020-2022 and in the past three […]
Mexico's Crackdown on Migration at its Southern Border - WOLA
2019年12月17日 · Contents Introduction Key Findings Mexico Proposes a New Approach to Migration—Then Reverses Itself under U.S. Pressure Apprehensions at the U.S.-Mexico Border U.S.-Mexico Agreement to Curb Migration Flows Apprehension Numbers at Mexico’s Southern Border Mexico’s Security and Migration Deployment in the Border Zone Migration Patterns and Smuggling Shifts in Apprehension and Deportation ...
Eight Reasonable Border Security Proposals (That Are Not a Wall)
“You pass it, I’ll sign it, I want some border stuff.’ That’s what he said.” That, according to House Democratic Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), is what President Trump told her during a recent meeting about preserving Deferred Action for Child Arrivals (DACA).. In other words, Trump said he’s willing to sign a bill allowing 800,000 undocumented young people who were brought here ...
Halfway to the U.S.: A Report from Honduras on Migration
2023年6月2日 · 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 ...