President Trump has secretly signed a directive to the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels that his administration has deemed terrorist organizations,” ...

Our findings at the U.S.-Mexico border echoed much of what we learned in Tapachula: Mexico has received a comparatively small ...

Freed Venezuelan men tell of what they endured in El Salvador. Notes on "mass deportation." Events in the courts. Notes from Mexico.

Las Américas, 4 de agosto de 2025. El 30 de julio de 2025, la Asamblea Legislativa de El Salvador, con 57 votos a favor y ...

Conectas Human Rights (Brazil) and WOLA – Washington Office on Latin America (USA) condemn the attacks against the democratic ...

As the United States’ immigration detention system becomes a black box, researchers from WOLA and the Women’s Refugee ...

Following a visit to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, researchers from WOLA and the Women’s Refugee Commission traveled to Guatemala ...

El 28 de julio, el sistema judicial de Colombia declaró culpable al expresidente Álvaro Uribe Vélez por manipulación de ...

On July 28, Colombia’s judicial system found former President Álvaro Uribe Vélez guilty of witness tampering, specifically ...

With this series of weekly updates, WOLA seeks to cover the most important developments at the U.S.-Mexico border. See past weekly updates here. Your donation to WOLA is crucial to keeping these ...

This piece focuses on the incredible scale of what the U.S. Congress is proposing to spend on enforcement and border security. The reconciliation bill’s mammoth dimensions are not getting the ...

Accumulating accounts of cruel and possibly unlawful removals and detentions; “Reconciliation” mega-spending bill sails through House committees; Renditions to El Salvador blocked, for now, amid new ...