Why did ICE Lock Up this Pro-Trump Reporter? (Part One)

FEB 19, 202643 MIN
Question Everything

Why did ICE Lock Up this Pro-Trump Reporter? (Part One)

FEB 19, 202643 MIN

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<p dir="ltr">In June, journalist Mario Guevara was arrested while covering an anti-ICE protest in Georgia, transferred to ICE detention, and locked up by the federal government for more than 100 days. And that wasn&rsquo;t even the worst of it.&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr">But Mario is not the kind of ICE-criticizing reporter you might be picturing. He was a Trump-supporting, Republican-identifying, law-and-order-sympathizing immigration hawk, who knew ICE well and had covered them favorably for years. Why did the Trump administration still go after him?</p> <p dir="ltr">This is the first in a special two-part series about Mario Guevara.&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr">Please take 5 minutes to <a href="https://forms.gle/o4oZPiDwATUtc1nX8">fill out this survey about Question Everything</a> &ndash; it&rsquo;ll help us know who&rsquo;s listening and what you want from us! Thank you.&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr">Question Everything is a production of <a href="http://www.kcrw.org">KCRW</a> and <a href="http://www.placementtheory.com">Placement Theory</a>. Sign up for our <a href="http://questioneverything.substack.com">Substack</a> newsletter, where we&rsquo;ve been covering the big landmark lawsuits against social media companies for harming people with their products. This week: Mark Zuckerberg&rsquo;s rare testimony in an LA courtroom.</p> <p dir="ltr">Guests:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr">Mario Guevara, MG News</li> <li dir="ltr">Emily Wu Pearson, WABE</li> <li dir="ltr">Giovanni Diaz, ESQ.</li> <li dir="ltr">Scarlet Kim, ACLU</li> </ul> <p>This episode has been updated to reflect the fact that Mario Guevara had a Social Security card before his immigration case was administratively closed, not after. His subsequent green card petition was also unrelated.</p>