Federal Judge Questions Unlawful Detention of Journalist Who Exercised Free Speech

In a case that strikes at the heart of American freedoms, a federal judge has raised critical questions about the continued detention of Mario Guevara, a Spanish-language journalist arrested while covering a protest near Atlanta. Despite all criminal charges against him being dropped, Guevara remains locked up in an immigration detention center in southeast Georgia.Guevara’s attorneys argue—rightly so—that his detention is a blatant violation of constitutional rights. He is being punished not for any crime but for exercising his fundamental right to document and report on police activities. In fact, his arrest came after filming a protest, an act protected...