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Immigration Judge Grants Bond for Journalist Mario Guevara

Released on bond after local prosecutors dropped misdemeanor charges, he still faces active removal proceedings

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Overview

  • An immigration judge in Georgia granted bond on July 1, securing Guevara’s release from ICE detention after more than two weeks in custody
  • DeKalb County Solicitor-General Donna Coleman-Stribling dismissed misdemeanor counts of unlawful assembly and obstruction for insufficient evidence
  • Guevara was arrested June 14 by DeKalb County officers while live-streaming an anti-Trump “No Kings” protest and was handed over to ICE under a detainer
  • His attorney, Giovanni Diaz, says Guevara holds work authorization and has a pending green card application sponsored by his U.S. citizen son
  • The Committee to Protect Journalists and other press-freedom groups called for his release and continue urging authorities to drop the deportation effort