Adam Isacson

Adam Isacson works on security and migration issues at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), a human rights organization. Over 30 years of research and advocacy, including over 30 visits to the U.S.-Mexico and Mexico-Guatemala border zones, he has produced over 250 publications, articles, book chapters, and policy memos, created several websites, and has testified eight times before the U.S. Congress. He hosts WOLA’s podcast, “Latin America Today.” 


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Adam Isacson

11mos ago
MS NOW Opinion

The frightening popularity of El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele’s authoritarianism

The Salvadoran president’s model is simple: Arrest everyone who seems to be affiliated with gangs, no matter how thin the evidence.

3years ago
MS NOW Opinion

Texas’ plan to make crossing the Rio Grande more dangerous is inhumane

A normal country, and state, would act to prevent migrant deaths by making crossing the Rio Grande safer or, better yet, make it unnecessary for migrants to cross the dangerous river.

3years ago
MS NOW Opinion

Here’s why the end of Title 42 wasn’t the nightmare Republicans said it would be

Migrants and the network of smugglers who bring them to the United States are in a “wait and see” mode.