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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Brumback

Lawyers for Spanish-language journalist in ICE custody fear deportation after unfavorable ruling

Lawyers for a Spanish-language journalist who has been in immigration detention in Georgia since June said Friday they're worried his deportation could be imminent after an appeals panel reopened an old immigration case against him and ordered him sent back to El Salvador.

Local police just outside Atlanta arrested Mario Guevara while he was covering a protest on June 14, and he was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. An immigration judge in July granted him bond, but he remained in custody while the government appealed.

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