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The Committee to Protect Journalists joined four press freedom groups—including Freedom of the Press Foundation, PEN America, and Reporters Without Borders—in an amicus brief supporting detained Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara’s habeas corpus petition in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Guevara faces imminent deportation back to his native El Salvador. The brief, filed by media…

The Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press led a coalition of 28 local and national press freedom, civil rights, human rights, and First Amendment organizations in a joint statement calling for journalist Mario Guevara’s immediate release from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after 100 days in detention since his June 14 arrest. An Emmy-winning, Spanish-language reporter…

New York, September 19, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press express outrage that journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation back to his native El Salvador after the Board of Immigration Appeals on Friday re-opened his 13-year-old immigration case, declining to release him on bond.  “We are outraged that journalist Mario Guevara was initially…

Washington, D.C., September 9, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Trump administration to drop proposed changes that would shorten the length of foreign media visas, known as “I visas,” for journalists working in the United States. Currently, such visas can be extended up to five years based on employment and compliance with local law. Newly proposed restrictions would…

The Committee to Protect Journalists joined an amicus brief on August 25, 2025, authored by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) in support of Tufts University PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk in her appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Also joined by PEN America, Reporters Without Borders, and the…

Brunswick, Georgia, August 27, 2025一Journalist Mario Guevara remains in detention after a judge requested more information in a federal court hearing Wednesday in which the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) petitioned for his immediate release.  Guevara’s legal team, including the ACLU, argued before U.S. Magistrate Judge Benjamin Cheesbro, of the U.S. District Court for the…

Washington, D.C., August 21, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists filed a declaration of support on August 20, 2025, in the case of reporter Mario Guevara, as part of the American Civil Liberties Union’s habeas petition that demands U.S. federal authorities provide justification for Guevara’s ongoing detention.   In the declaration, CPJ expressed alarm that Guevara remains in…

The Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press led a coalition of local and national civil society and press freedom organizations in a Thursday letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expressing alarm about the continued detention of journalist Mario Guevara. Guevara, a Spanish-language digital reporter, has been in detention for two months after his…

Atlanta, July 22, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists and partners on Tuesday called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release Atlanta-based journalist Mario Guevara, who has been in jail since his June 14, 2025, arrest, despite the dropping of all charges against him and an immigration judge ordering his release on bail.  An Emmy-winning, Spanish-language journalist, Guevara was arrested on First Amendment-related…

Washington, D.C., July 7, 2025— The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities to respect an immigration court ruling and release on bail journalist Mario Guevara, a native of El Salvador who has been legally in the U.S. for the past 20 years. On Monday, ICE denied Guevara’s…