Adam Isacson

Washington, D.C., United States

Director for Defense Oversight at WOLA: Washington Office on Latin America

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Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Garcia Abrego, Alien Enemies Act, Military Buildup, March Migration

6 days ago | wola.org | Adam Isacson

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 paywall-free and ad-free Updates going. Please contribute now and support our work.
Opinion | El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele is popular for all the wrong reasons

1 week ago | msnbc.com | Adam Isacson

Imagine where U.S. democracy would be if President Donald Trump had an 80% approval rating, control of more than three-quarters of Congress, and the ability to blow past term limits with the Supreme Court’s blessing. Imagine if the 78-year-old Trump were 35 years younger; that is, not headed toward retirement, but poised to stick around for decades. It’s little wonder that politicians across Latin America promise voters they’ll copy “El Modelo Bukele.”That’s El Salvador today.
Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Supreme Court, El Salvador Renditions, Mass Deportation

1 week ago | wola.org | Adam Isacson

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 paywall-free and ad-free Updates going. Please contribute now and support our work. El Salvador renditions reach the Supreme Court: The Supreme Court made two rulings related to the Trump administration’s practice of sending migrants to a mega-prison in El Salvador.
Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: El Salvador Renditions, Budget, Military Role, March Migration

2 weeks ago | wola.org | Adam Isacson

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 paywall-free and ad-free Updates going. Please contribute now and support our work.
Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: The Alien Enemies Act, military buildup, border wall

1 month ago | wola.org | Adam Isacson

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. Note: next week’s Border Update may be delayed by possible (still unconfirmed) staff congressional testimony. Your donation to WOLA is crucial to keeping these paywall-free and ad-free Updates going. Please contribute now and support our work.
Who Did the Trump Administration Just Send to El Salvador’s Dungeons?

1 month ago | adamisacson.com | Adam Isacson

The list below is an excerpt from tomorrow’s Border Update, which I’m still drafting. But it deserves to be shared separately. On March 20 CBS News obtained and published a full list of all 238 Venezuelan men whom the Trump administration sent to El Salvador on March 15, despite a judge’s orders. It appears that 137 had no due process at all—they were sent under the fourth-ever invocation of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The other 101 apparently had orders of removal.
Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: February migration, ICE arrests, Guantánamo empties, Panama releases

1 month ago | wola.org | Adam Isacson

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 paywall-free and ad-free Updates going. Please contribute now and support our work. CBP publishes February border data: As the Trump administration shut down asylum access at the border and canceled the CBP One program, the number of people entering CBP custody at the border has plummeted.
Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: tariffs, February migration, military role, mass deportation

1 month ago | wola.org | Adam Isacson

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 paywall-free and ad-free Updates going. Please contribute now and support our work. Citing cross-border fentanyl trafficking, Trump again imposes and then withdraws tariffs on Mexico: President Trump followed up on a threat to impose 25 percent tariffs on all goods from Mexico and Canada.
Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Southbound migration, Guantánamo, "mass deportations", tariffs, drug seizures

1 month ago | wola.org | Adam Isacson

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 paywall-free and ad-free Updates going. Please contribute now and support our work.
Weekly U.S.-Mexico Border Update: January drop, Darién Gap, Panama and Costa Rica, Guantanamo, Budget

2 months ago | wola.org | Adam Isacson

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 paywall-free and ad-free Updates going. Please contribute now and support our work. The many actions and changes following Donald Trump’s January 20 inauguration force a change in this week’s Border Update format.

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