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Supreme Court ruling on Venezuelans in El Salvador: What justices said and what it means
March, the Trump administration sent more than 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to El Salvador, using an archaic wartime law to deport many of them without any legal review or due process.
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Mass Incarceration and Democratic Deterioration: Three Years of the State of Exception in El Salvador
On March 27, 2022, at the request of President Nayib Bukele, the Legislative Assembly passed a state of exception, limiting ...
Lessons from El Salvador for US university leaders facing attacks from Trump
US college leaders would do well to reflect on the courage of their counterparts in 1980s El Salvador who opposed injustice ...
Costa Rican bigwig tours El Salvador’s ‘mega prison’ for solution to out-of-control migrant gang war
With an all-time high in homicides, Costa Rica is desperate for an answer to spiraling gang violence — and is considering ...
The ‘Judicial Black Hole’ of El Salvador’s Prisons Is a Warning for Americans
Donald Trump is cementing a partnership with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, whose assault on civil rights is being ...
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What Happens to the Venezuelans Sent to a Salvadoran Mega-Prison Now?
The Trump administration says it cannot bring back those mistakenly removed. That claim “doesn't make any sense,” a former ...
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The Dodd Center hosts a screening of ‘Witness to War’
The Dodd Center for Human Rights hosted a screening of the 1985 award-winning documentary “Witness to War” about the human rights violations during the civil war in El Salvador on April 1.