Dan Restrepo is the founder and managing director of Restrepo Strategies and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. For nearly six years and through two presidential campaigns, Mr. Restrepo served as the principal advisor to President Barack Obama on issues related to Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada, serving as special assistant to the president and senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs at the National Security Council from March 2009 to July 2012 and as an advisor to and surrogate for Obama for America during the 2008 and 2012 campaigns. Follow Mr. Restrepo on X at @Dan_Restrepo.
Explore some of Mr. Restrepo’s recent commentary:
- A host community strategy for managing migration, El País, 10/20/23
- The ongoing fight for a humanitarian-focused immigration system in America — NBC News, 5/13/23
- With the Long-Overdue End of the Title 42 Order, America’s Values Are at Stake — Center for American Progress, 5/10/23
- To effectively manage migration — go bigger — El País, 5/2/23
- Mexican instability catches the U.S. off-guard — Dallas Morning News, 3/13/23
- Look beyond the U.S.-Mexico border to manage migration — The Dallas Morning News, 10/22/22
- The Darién Gap and promise in the Americas — El Pais, 10/17/22
- A Less Obvious Key to Latin America’s Recovery: The US Treasury — Americas Quarterly, 3/7/22
- The Argument to Rally an International Response to Cuba — MSNBC, 7/18/21
- What the U.S. Really Needs to do About Cuba and Haiti — CNN, 7/14/21
- Why Kamala Harris Should Push Constructive Disruption in Central America — The Hill, 6/5/21
- 5 Immediate Migration Management Steps for Kamala Harris — The Hill, 3/29/21
- Los Centroamericanos Huyen de Gobiernos Deficientes — Foreign Affairs, 3/8/21
- Central Americans Are Fleeing Bad Governments — Foreign Affairs, 3/5/21
- Needed: Latin Leadership for a New Inter-American System — Americas Quarterly, 7/29/20
- ¿Estamos a la altura del momento? — CNN Español, 7/9/20
- Getting Ahead of the Curve: Why the United States Needs To Plan for the Coronavirus in the Americas — Center for American Progress, 5/5/20
- The US Should Be Leading the Global Response to the Coronavirus Crisis — Center for American Progress, 3/26/20
- Party Balances in the Days of Trump’s Campaign — El Pais, 2/12/20
- The March of the Corrupt — Latin Trade, 1/24/20