The federal immigration case against a jailed, Spanish-language journalist has been bolstered by the help of a metro Atlanta sheriff’s office, public records show. Mario Guevara’s two-month confinement in immigration detention has drawn outcry from free press and immigration advocates.
Immigration officials’ primary objection to releasing Guevara on bond as he awaits the outcome of deportation proceedings, according to court records, is rooted in how he reports on law enforcement.
The revelation of the close coordination between the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to keep Guevara in jail comes amid growing calls for him to be freed, and warnings that the Trump administration and local governments are trampling First Amendment rights…