Overview

• The Committee to Protect Journalists confirmed he was flown out early Friday, more than three months after his June arrest while live-streaming a “No Kings” protest near Atlanta.
• Prosecutors later dismissed the misdemeanor charges, but the government argued his live-streaming of law enforcement created risks and kept him in custody.
• An immigration judge granted him bond in early July, then ICE obtained a stay as the Board of Immigration Appeals reopened a 2012 matter and issued a Sept. 19 removal order.
• Emergency legal efforts, including an ACLU request for a temporary restraining order and subsequent appeals, did not secure a stay of removal.
• Press-freedom and civil-liberties groups say the case chills reporting, noting he was the only known journalist held by the U.S. government during his detention.