Overview
- Mario Guevara was arrested on June 14 while live-streaming the “No Kings” protest in DeKalb County and charged with obstruction, unlawful assembly and improperly entering a roadway.
- A DeKalb County magistrate court granted Guevara recognizance bond on June 16 but he remains in custody under a 48-hour ICE detainer hold.
- His attorney, Giovanni Diaz, says Guevara holds valid work authorization and has a pending green card petition filed by his U.S. citizen son.
- The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the detainer as a “crude form of censorship” that undermines press freedom.
- If ICE transfers him into its custody, Guevara faces removal proceedings in federal immigration court despite two decades reporting on immigration enforcement.