El Salvador

The Shield of the Americas operationalizes the 2025 National Security Strategy, creating serious consequences for sovereignty, civil-military relations, and democratic governance.

President Arévalo's state of emergency provides him a short window to use the gang crackdown to also crack open the country's structures of impunity.

"If 60 Minutes had 'explained this' as Weiss described, the segment would have included false or highly misleading information."

Patterns of state capture in South Africa, El Salvador, Sri Lanka and Guatemala offer a cautionary guide for the United States.

Across Latin America, political elites are quietly passing laws that narrow definitions, shield allies, and block legal pathways to investigate corruption and organized crime.

Civil society can share knowledge, boost public support, and build coalitions to resist the spread of autocratic "foreign agents" laws.

Declassified U.S.–El Salvador documents expose a shaky legal cover and continued U.S. control over detainees in CECOT, raising questions about complicity in potential abuses.

McCord's remarks for Senate panel address the administration’s mass deportation policy and constitutional rights of citizens and noncitizens.

A "case cruncher" on the legal doctrine governing the state secrets privilege, and a Table containing senior government officials' public acknowledgments.

Where judges have in the past and should in the future draw the line on judicial deference to the President in Alien Enemies Act cases.

Fourth Circuit rejects the government's attempt to keep a detainee very similar to Abrego Garcia in CECOT prison.

The El Salvador 502B resolution risks falsely drawing distinctions about the applicability of human rights based on immigration status.