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Features 20 Jun 2017

Four Common Misconceptions about U.S.-bound Drug Flows through Mexico and Central America

Misconception 1: “Central America is an important vector for heroin trafficking.” If we could snap our fingers and halt all…

by Adam Isacson

A “Trump Effect?” Migration Trends and Humanitarian Concerns on the Central America-U.S. Route

MexicoDemocracy, Migration

Podcast 28 Mar 2017

A “Trump Effect?” Migration Trends and Humanitarian Concerns on the Central America-U.S. Route

by Adam Isacson, Maureen Meyer

Mexico, United StatesMigration

Perspectives 21 Feb 2017

Actual Security Challenges at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Get Beyond the Wall Most measures of security at the U.S.-Mexico border have improved dramatically since the 1990s. Still, border…

by Adam Isacson

MexicoMigration

Research 27 Oct 2016

Not a National Security Crisis: The U.S.-Mexico Border and Humanitarian Concerns, Seen from El Paso

View this report as a PDF Read the executive summary Lea el resumen ejecutivo en español Key Findings Contrary to…

by Adam Isacson, Maureen Meyer

MexicoMigration, Peace & Security

Research 26 Feb 2015

On the Front Lines: Border Security, Migration, and Humanitarian Concerns in South Texas

With Congress debating a Department of Homeland Security funding bill, the issue of border security is in the spotlight. But while some in Washington quarrel over a nebulous “crisis” at the border, a lesser-known—but in many ways more grim—situation is playing out in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley region.

by Adam Isacson, Maureen Meyer

Mexico’s New Southern Border Security Plan and New Police Force

MexicoMigration

Podcast 18 Sep 2014

Mexico’s New Southern Border Security Plan and New Police Force

by Adam Isacson

Children, Families, and Danger at the Texas-Mexico Border

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, MexicoMigration

Podcast 7 Aug 2014

Children, Families, and Danger at the Texas-Mexico Border

by Adam Isacson

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, MexicoMigration, Peace & Security

Research 17 Jun 2014

Mexico’s Other Border: Security, Migration, and the Humanitarian Crisis at the Line with Central America

In February 2014, WOLA investigators paid a 12-day visit to several points along Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala. Their new report examines border security conditions, migration trends, and the push factors that force Central American migrants to abandon their countries of origin.

by Adam Isacson, Maureen Meyer