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The U.S. National Guard at the Los Angeles Protests

Latin America, United StatesMigration, Peace & Security, Rule of Law

Perspectives 12 Jun 2025

The Trump Administration’s Unprecedented Military Deployment in Los Angeles Echoes the Overreach We’ve Long Opposed in Latin America

The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) was founded in 1974, at a time when nearly every country in Latin…

by Adam Isacson

El Salvador, United States, VenezuelaDemocracy, Migration, Rule of Law

Podcast 21 Mar 2025

The Alien Enemies Act

by Adam Isacson, Ana María Méndez Dardón, Laura Cristina Dib

Mexico, United StatesDrug Policy, Migration

Q&A 5 Dec 2024

Trump’s Threats of Tariffs as a Response to Migration and the Fentanyl Overdose Crisis

On November 25, president-elect Donald Trump pledged to impose a 25 percent tariff on all goods from Mexico and Canada…

by Stephanie Brewer, Adam Isacson, John Walsh

Mexico, United StatesDemocracy, Drug Policy, Migration

Podcast 5 Dec 2024

A Tariff Threat Foreshadows U.S.-Mexico Relations During the Second Trump Presidency

by John Walsh, Stephanie Brewer, Adam Isacson

Mexico, United StatesDrug Policy

Podcast 30 May 2023

Fentanyl: ‘What Sounds Tough isn’t Necessarily a Serious Policy’

by Adam Isacson, John Walsh, Stephanie Brewer

Latin America, United StatesPeace & Security, Rule of Law

Perspectives 22 Nov 2021

The United States’ Influence on Latin America’s New Militarism

This commentary was published in Spanish by the Fundación Carolina on November 16, 2021 as Análisis Carolina no. 28: “Estados…

by Adam Isacson

FILE - In this June 28, 2018, file photo, a Guatemalan father and son, who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, are apprehended by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in San Diego. California will introduce group trials on Monday, July 9, for people charged with entering the country illegally. Federal prosecutors in Arizona, Texas and New Mexico have long embraced these hearings, which critics call assembly-line justice. California was a lone holdout and the Justice Department didn't seriously challenge its position until the arrival of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Latin America, United StatesMigration, Rule of Law

Research 28 Aug 2018

A National Shame: The Trump Administration’s Separation and Detention of Migrant Families

The zero tolerance policy’s most visible outcome was the mass separation of asylum-seeking parents and children. The Trump administration’s ham-fisted…

by Adam Isacson, Maureen Meyer

Latin America, United StatesDrug Policy, Peace & Security

Research 27 Apr 2017

Putting the Pieces Together: A Global Guide to U.S. Security Aid Programs

The U.S. government arms, equips, trains, builds facilities for, shares intelligence with, and operates alongside military and police forces in…

by Adam Isacson

El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, United StatesDrug Policy, Peace & Security

Podcast 19 Oct 2013

The Week Ahead: October 19, 2013

by Adam Isacson

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The Trump Administration’s Unprecedented Military Deployment in Los Angeles Echoes the Overreach We’ve Long Opposed in Latin America

The Alien Enemies Act

Trump’s Threats of Tariffs as a Response to Migration and the Fentanyl Overdose Crisis

A Tariff Threat Foreshadows U.S.-Mexico Relations During the Second Trump Presidency

Fentanyl: ‘What Sounds Tough isn’t Necessarily a Serious Policy’

The United States’ Influence on Latin America’s New Militarism

A National Shame: The Trump Administration’s Separation and Detention of Migrant Families

Putting the Pieces Together: A Global Guide to U.S. Security Aid Programs

The Week Ahead: October 19, 2013

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