Court denies journalist Mario Guevara's bid to block deportation
Source: Fox5, Atlanta
Court denies journalist Mario Guevara's bid to block deportation
By Joyce Lupiani * Published October 2, 2025 7:10am EDT * Immigration * FOX 5 Atlanta *
Mario Guevara. FOX 5 Atlanta image
The Brief
* Court denies Guevara's motion to halt deportation to El Salvador.
* Judges cited missing immigration paperwork despite free speech concerns.
* Guevara has been detained by ICE since June after protest arrest.
ATLANTA - A federal court has denied journalist Mario Guevara's emergency request to stop his deportation to El Salvador.
** PREVIOUS STORY: Spanish journalist Mario Guevara has been in ICE custody for 100 days **
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/mario-guevara-journalist-ice-custody-hundred-days
What they're saying:
The 11th Circuit Court acknowledged Guevara's First Amendment rights but ultimately rejected his request for a stay, citing that he did not file the proper immigration paperwork.
The backstory:
Journalist Mario Guevara has been entangled in legal and immigration battles since his arrest during a protest earlier this year in metro Atlanta.
Guevara, a well-known Spanish-language reporter, was taken into custody on June 14 while livestreaming a demonstration in DeKalb County. Police charged him with misdemeanors including obstruction, unlawful assembly and walking on a roadway.
Days later, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) placed him in removal proceedings. Although an immigration judge granted bond in July, ICE appealed the decision, keeping him detained.
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Don't have full confirmation on this yet, but hearing that Guevara was sent to El Salvador this morning, which is just fucking shameful. He was here with legal permission and this was 100% punishment for his journalism about protests.
— Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social) 2025-10-02T17:37:27.914Z
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Don't have full confirmation on this yet, but hearing that Guevara was sent to El Salvador this morning, which is just fucking shameful. He was here with legal permission and this was 100% punishment for his journalism about protests.
Shawn Musgrave
@shawnmusgrave.bsky.social
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Like Mahmoud Khalil's case, Mario Guevara's shows how courts will let the Trump administration use facially legal, bureaucratic mechanisms in unconstitutional ways. In a concurrence, Judge Kidd stresses that the First Amendment protects Guevara.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca11.93198/gov.uscourts.ca11.93198.9.3.pdf
2 October 2025 at 13:37
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Like Mahmoud Khalil's case, Mario Guevara's shows how courts will let the Trump administration use facially legal, bureaucratic mechanisms in unconstitutional ways. In a concurrence, Judge Kidd stresses that the First Amendment protects Guevara. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Shawn Musgrave (@shawnmusgrave.bsky.social) 2025-10-02T15:01:38.962Z
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Like Mahmoud Khalil's case, Mario Guevara's shows how courts will let the Trump administration use facially legal, bureaucratic mechanisms in unconstitutional ways. In a concurrence, Judge Kidd stresses that the First Amendment protects Guevara.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca11.93198/gov.uscourts.ca11.93198.9.3.pdf
Jim Daley
@jimdaleywrites.bsky.social
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The regime is deporting an Atlanta journalist and being pretty open about the fact that it's in direct retaliation for his coverage:
"An immigration judge granted Guevara a $7,500 bond in July, but the government filed a stay, claiming that his reporting on law enforcement activity was dangerous"
Detained journalist Mario Guevara's attempt to block deportation order denied by Court of Appeals
https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/detained-journalist-mario-guevara-deportation-order-block-denied/
A federal court has denied journalist Mario Guevara's last-minute appeal to stop his deportation to El Salvador.
www.cbsnews.com
2 October 2025 at 11:01
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The regime is deporting an Atlanta journalist and being pretty open about the fact that it‘s in direct retaliation for his coverage:
— Jim Daley (@jimdaleywrites.bsky.social) 2025-10-02T14:41:12.375Z
“An immigration judge granted Guevara a ,500 bond in July, but the government filed a stay, claiming that his reporting on law enforcement activity was dangerousâ€
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Jim Daley
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The regime is deporting an Atlanta journalist and being pretty open about the fact that it‘s in direct retaliation for his coverage:
“An immigration judge granted Guevara a $7,500 bond in July, but the government filed a stay, claiming that his reporting on law enforcement activity was dangerous”
Detained journalist Mario Guevara's attempt to block deportation order denied by Court of Appeals
A federal court has denied journalist Mario Guevara's last-minute appeal to stop his deportation to El Salvador.
www.cbsnews.com
2 October 2025 at 10:41
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