The Journalist Who Spent More Than 100 Days in ICE Detention

The Journalist Who Spent More Than 100 Days in ICE Detention

From At Liberty by ACLU

October 17, 2025 · 57 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the case of journalist Mario Guevara, who was detained by ICE for over 100 days, and features insights from his legal team.

This summer, Emmy Award-winning journalist Mario Guevara was covering a protest near Atlanta when local law enforcement arrested him. Then, ICE detained him. For more than 100 days, the agency refused his release, citing his reporting as dangerous. On October 3, after more than 20 years of living in the United States, he was deported to El Salvador. This week, the ACLU’s Scarlet Kim, who served on Guevara's legal team, joins Kamau to discuss his case and why it should sound alarm bells for us all. Then, the ACLU’s Jessica Herman Weitz drops in to discuss another Emmy Award winner in the headlines for free speech repression: Jimmy Kimmel. You can check out the Kimmel letter here: https://www.aclu.org/defend-free-speech-letter-kimmel And add your name to an open letter in support of free speech here: https://action.aclu.org/petition/defend-free-speech-all-condemn-governments-censorship-jimmy-kimmel At Liberty is a production of the ACLU. For the ACLU, our senior executive producer is Sam Riddell, our executive producer is Jessica Herman Weitz, and our intern is Madhvi Khianra. W. Kamau Bell and Melissa Hudson Bell, PhD are executive producers for Who Knows Best Productions. At…

People in this episode

Hosts: W. Kamau Bell, Melissa Hudson Bell, PhD

Guests: Mario Guevara, Scarlet Kim, Jessica Herman Weitz

Topics covered

  • immigration
  • journalism
  • free speech
  • detention
  • deportation

Keywords

  • ICE detention
  • journalism
  • deportation
  • free speech
  • ACLU

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ACLU, Good Get

Books & works: Jimmy Kimmel

Places: El Salvador, Atlanta, Oakland, CA

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