Overview

• The Board of Immigration Appeals declared a prior removal order against Mario Guevara final, rendering an immigration judge’s July bond grant moot.
• Guevara remains in ICE custody at the Folkston processing center in south Georgia, with his lawyers warning deportation could occur at any time.
• He was arrested on June 14 while livestreaming a protest in DeKalb County, and all related state charges were dismissed in July.
• His legal team says he has work authorization and a pending green card petition through his U.S. citizen son, while ICE asserts he entered unlawfully in 2004 and endangered undercover officers by filming.
• The ACLU and defense lawyers filed emergency habeas and stay motions in federal court as press-freedom advocates question his detention.