Overview

• An immigration judge set Guevara’s bond at $7,500 on July 1, but ICE appealed and secured a stay on July 9, keeping him detained as his case goes before the Board of Immigration Appeals.
• Local misdemeanor charges from the June 14 protest and subsequent traffic offenses were dismissed by prosecutors in DeKalb and Gwinnett counties this month.
• Advocates from the Committee to Protect Journalists and state lawmakers joined Guevara’s family at a Georgia Capitol news conference to denounce his continued detention as retaliation for his reporting.
• Guevara holds valid work authorization, his prior deportation proceedings were administratively closed over a decade ago, and he has a pending green card application.
• Lawyers say Guevara’s isolation at the Folkston facility is justified on safety grounds but is taking an emotional toll as he remains the only U.S. journalist held in direct retaliation for reporting.