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Border Security and Migration: A Report from Arizona
In one of the busiest areas of the U.S.-Mexico border, WOLA heard of increased migration, unsafe deportation practices, stubbornly high levels of migrant deaths, and increasing drug trafficking.
Seven Bad Things That Will Happen After a “Border Surge”
Instead of seeking to re-create the Berlin Wall experience along a 1,969-mile border, a “border surge” would do better to focus its resources elsewhere.
Brazil’s Lessons in Rural Development
WOLA is pleased to announce the publication of the new report, “Brazil’s Lessons in Rural Development: Family Agriculture, Access to Water, and Civic Engagement,” which highlights two Brazilian policies that support small farmers.
Border Security and Migration: A Report from South Texas
WOLA Senior Associates Adam Isacson and Maureen Meyer report on a trip to south Texas (Laredo, McAllen, and Brownsville) and Matamoros, Tamaulipas, finding increased migration and drug trafficking, a lack of spillover violence, and a worrisome trend of deportations to dangerous Mexican border cities.
Is Firing Bullets at Rock Throwers a Justified Use of Force by the Border Patrol?
Since 2010, at least 15 civilians, the majority Mexican, have been killed in confrontations with Border Patrol agents on the U.S.-Mexico border. In this post to WOLA’s Border Fact Check blog, Maureen Meyer looks at the Border Patrol’s guidelines on the use of force.
Beyond the Border Buildup: Security and Migrants Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
This report, the result of a year-long study by WOLA and Tijuana’s College of the Northern Border, analyzes the impact of both countries’ security policies on the migrant population and finds massive spending, a limited security impact, and a growing humanitarian crisis.
An Uneasy Coexistence: Security and Migration Along the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez Border
A trip report from two Fall 2011 visits of WOLA staff to the El Paso-Juárez border. We found violence failing to spill over, drug trafficking continuing, and migration dropping sharply amid an unprecedented U.S. security buildup. In the absence of a clear border security policy, the migrant population has been hit especially hard.