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Join us as we celebrate WOLA’s 50th anniversary, a half-century of tireless advocacy for human rights in the Americas. In this video, we reflect on the remarkable progress achieved while... WOLA is a 501 (c) (3) organization, gifts are tax deductible to the full extent allowable under the law. Our federal tax identification number is 52-1249353.
Migration, country by country, at the U.S.-Mexico border
Nov 23, 2022 · 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 […]
U.S. Military Assistance and Latin America - WOLA
Since 2000, the United States has spent roughly $268 billion on security assistance worldwide. Of that total, Latin America has received about 8 percent, or just over $20.5 billion. Out of that, over $17 billion come through programs established for the “War on Drugs”. The top recipients over the past 17 years, by a large margin, have been ...
Soldiers Confronting Migrants: Texas’s Dangerous Precedent
25 people, mostly men, injured by pepper and gas balls and rubber bullets shot by the Texas National Guard. Two mothers and two children with intense psychological and emotional trauma after being separated from other family members at the Texas razor wire line. , journalists reported Texas National Guard soldiers pushing migrants, including a ...
Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Updates: News Summaries on …
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. Support ad-free, paywall-free Weekly Border Updates. Your donation to WOLA is crucial to sustain this effort. Please contribute now and support our work. THIS WEEK IN BRIEF: September Border Patrol apprehensions remained […]
Mexico - WOLA
WOLA works to strengthen the rule of law, protect human rights, and improve security policies in Mexico. Our established relationships with Mexican partners give us first-hand information and unique tools to address structural problems that contribute to violence and human rights violations. We work with Mexican civil society organizations to increase governmental accountability and put […]
Coca Chronicles: Bolivia Challenges UN Coca Leaf Ban - WOLA
Oct 17, 2023 · 4. What are the challenges ahead for the UN coca review process? A decade ago, when Bolivia exited from and then succeeded in rejoining the Single Convention with a reservation defending the traditional use of the coca leaf within Bolivia, the United States was staunchly opposed. President Barack Obama’s government spearheaded a campaign to …
Maureen Meyer, WOLA Vice President for Programs
As congressional negotiations place asylum and other legal protection pathways at risk, and as we approach a 2024 election year with migration becoming a higher priority for voters in the United States, we found it important to discuss the current moment’s complexities. WOLA’s vice president for Programs, Maureen Meyer, former director for WOLA’s Mexico Program […]
The Drug War Catastrophe in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jun 17, 2021 · This year marks the anniversaries of two watershed moments in drug policy that have generated disastrous consequences worldwide—and particularly for the people of Latin America and the Caribbean. WOLA will explore these issues in an upcoming six-part webinar series. Sixty years ago, the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs ushered in a ...
Five Questions and Answers About the Senate Border Deal
Jan 31, 2024 · Last October, the Biden administration asked Congress for a package of funding for Ukraine, Israel, border security, and other priorities. In the Democratic-majority Senate, where it takes 60 votes to move legislation forward, Republicans refused to support this request unless it included changes to U.S. law that would restrict the right to asylum, and perhaps […]