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Press Groups Back Habeas Bid as ICE Moves to Deport Georgia Journalist Mario Guevara

The case hinges on a disputed 2012 bond that authorities say was never paid.

Detainees are seen in a yard at the Folkston ICE Processing Center on September 9, 2025, in Folkston, Georgia. A chartered plane will depart Seoul for the United States on September 10 to repatriate hundreds of South Korean workers detained in a sweeping immigration raid, flagcarrier Korean Air told AFP. US immigration officials detained 475 people, including hundreds of South Korean workers, during a raid on September 4 at a Hyundai-LG battery plant being built in the southern state of Georgia. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage / AFP) (Photo by ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • The Board of Immigration Appeals issued a final removal order on Sept. 19 tied to an alleged failure to post a voluntary-departure bond in 2012.
  • Free Press, CPJ, Freedom of the Press Foundation, PEN America and Reporters Without Borders filed an amicus brief on Sept. 26 arguing his detention is retaliatory.
  • The ACLU’s habeas petition remains pending, and his lawyers are seeking a temporary restraining order to halt what they describe as a fast-tracked deportation.
  • Guevara has spent more than 100 days at ICE’s Folkston facility after a June 14 arrest while livestreaming a protest; all related criminal and traffic charges were dropped after an immigration judge initially granted bond before a stay.
  • The White House and DHS describe the matter as immigration enforcement unrelated to free speech, while his defense cites ICE receipts and a 2015 notice indicating the 2012 bond was paid and later cancelled.