Any executive order or law restricting U.S. citizens from leaving. INA §215(a) is the legal mechanism to watch. International press reports U.S. legal changes before domestic outlets frame them accurately.

Delays, denials, or selective holds. Over 10 weeks nationally = yellow. Freezes for categories of people = red. Canadian and UK press report this faster than U.S. outlets.

International route cancellations, outbound travel bans, or sudden airline capacity drops of 30%+. Aviation industry press and European transport authorities catch this early.

Your personal readiness: passports not renewed, no exit plan, no accessible funds, kids' logistics unresolved. You control this score entirely.

ICE interior operations, workplace raids, expanded deportation categories. Latin American press covers U.S. immigration with a clarity domestic outlets rarely match — they are reporting on their own people.

DACA elimination, TPS termination, citizenship-by-birth challenges, removal of due process. Affects your household even if you hold full citizenship. UN human rights bodies track this in real time.

Official government language that dehumanizes Latino communities. Rhetoric → policy → enforcement is the documented historical pattern. Spanish-language and international press name it faster.

EOs testing constitutional limits or bypassing Congress. European constitutional scholars and international legal bodies analyze U.S. executive action with no domestic political stake.

Arrests, prosecutions, or terrorist designations tied to speech or protest — not violence. CPJ and RSF are the gold standard here. They have no American political loyalties.

Courts blocking executive action = low score. Courts captured or judges targeted = escalate. The Venice Commission and World Justice Project apply the same frameworks globally.

Restrictions on wire transfers, limits on moving money abroad, account freezes by political category. This traps people financially before physically. FT and offshore finance press detect this first.

Major companies relocating HQs, shifting legal domicile, or citing political risk in earnings calls. Money moves before people do. European and Asian financial press track this without cheerleading.

Canada, UK, EU, Australia issuing caution or "reconsider travel" for the U.S. These governments have no incentive to exaggerate. They update based on risk to their own citizens and see the U.S. clearly from outside.

Sanctions against the U.S., expulsion from bodies, allies building workarounds. The UN, EU Parliament, and OECD publish assessments with no domestic editorial filter.