This is from an ACLU press release, so republishing the entire trext would probably not be a copyright violation, but I kept it to 4 paragraphs anyway ("fair use."
Mario Guevara To Be Deported After Appeals Court Denies Stay
ATLANTA – Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for his livestreaming of law enforcement activity, is being deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
On Tuesday, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied an emergency request for a stay on a final order of removal from the Board of Immigration Appeals. His family, including his wife and three children, were not given the opportunity to say goodbye to their father in person. Mario has been transferred to a facility in Louisiana after spending over 100 days in ICE detention and will go directly from detention onto a plane to El Salvador.
“Words cannot begin to describe the loss and devastation my family feels. I am in utter shock and disbelief the government has punished my father for simply doing his life’s work of journalism,” said Oscar Guevara, son of Mario Guevara. “My father should have never had to face over 100 days in detention. He is the center of our family. He is the reason our home feels like home. To me, he’s my rock, and I don’t know what life without him here will look like now that he will be deported. When I was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2021, it was my dad who centered me, who drove me to my medical appointments, and who lifted me up. Now, I will have to manage my health care on my own, and live thousands of miles away separated from him. My family has been torn apart for no good reason, and I can only hope that we can one day be reunited.”
Mr. Guevara was arrested by local law enforcement while reporting at a “No Kings” protest in June. Even though the charges were quickly dismissed and an immigration judge ordered his release on bond, ICE refused to release him on grounds that his reporting on law enforcement activity is dangerous. He spent over 100 days in ICE detention in retaliation for his journalism. He was the only journalist in detention in the United States for his reporting. As the founder and primary reporter of MG News, he frequently documented ICE raids and other law enforcement activity and had authorization to work in the United States.
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/mario-guevara-to-be-deported-after-appeals-court-denies-stay
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