US EditionLawyers for Spanish-Language Journalist in ICE Custody Fear Deportation After Unfavorable Ruling
- Journalist Mario Guevara remains detained in Georgia after his September 19 Board of Immigration Appeals ruling ordered his deportation to El Salvador.
- The appeals board reopened a 13-year-old immigration case, dismissed his bond appeal, and granted the government's motion to resume removal proceedings.
- Guevara was arrested on June 14 while livestreaming a protest in DeKalb County; criminal charges were quickly dropped, but ICE detained him citing risk from his journalism.
- Press freedom advocates warn this deportation would represent retaliation for his reporting, with PEN America's Richardson calling it a "dangerous moment for press freedom."
- Guevara’s lawyers and civil rights groups urge his immediate release, stressing the move threatens press freedom and that deportation could happen at any moment.
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Atlanta journalist Mario Guevara granted emergency hearing over deportation threat
A federal judge held an emergency hearing over the deportation risk “at any moment” for Atlanta journalist Mario Guevara on Friday at the urging of his legal team from the American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Georgia. The ACLU asked US Magistrate Judge Benjamin Cheesbro for the emergency 4 p.m. hearing and a temporary restraining order after the Board of Immigration Appeals earlier on Friday reopened Guevara’s 13-year old removal case – im…
ACLU has requested an emergency motion from the federal court to stop the expulsion of Mario Guevara to El Salvador
Judge Orders Jailed Georgia Journalist to be Deported
An immigration judge ordered Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara to be deported on Friday despite a pending First Amendment case in federal court, setting off a frenzied attempt by his attorneys to stop the deportation from happening. Guevara was arrested earlier this summer while covering an anti-ICE protest in DeKalb County. His arrest has alarmed free […] The post Judge Orders Jailed Georgia Journalist to be Deported appeared first on …
Lawyers for a Spanish-speaking journalist who has been detained for immigration in Georgia since June said Friday that they are concerned that his deportation may be imminent after an appeals panel reopened an old immigration case against him and ordered his return to El Salvador. Local police outside Atlanta arrested Mario Guevara while covering a protest on June 14 and handed him over to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (IC…
'Despicable': ACLU demands court free journalist facing deportation to El Salvador
The ACLU is asking a federal district court in Georgia to order the immediate release of Mario Guevara, a journalist arrested while covering a June “No Kings” protest, after the Board of Immigration Appeals on Friday ordered his return to El Salvador.The Emmy-winning Spanish-language journalist has ...
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Spanish-language journalist in Georgia now faces imminent deportation
Journalist Mario Guevara was live-streaming the June 14 anti-ICE protest on Chamblee Tucker Road when he was detained. Photo credit: Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon with the Atlanta Civic Circle An immigration judge ordered Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara to be deported on Friday despite a pending First Amendment case in federal court, setting off a frenzied attempt by his attorneys to stop the deportation from happening. Guevara was arres…
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