BRUNSWICK, Ga. — From protest arrest to federal detention, the case of journalist Mario Guevara, who remains in ICE detention more than two months after his arrest while covering a protest near Atlanta, was heard in federal court Wednesday.

Guevara, the founder and senior reporter for MGNews, is the only journalist currently jailed in the United States in direct retaliation for his reporting, according to his attorneys from the ACLU.

On June 14, Guevara was wearing a press vest when he was arrested while livestreaming a “No Kings” protest in DeKalb County. Criminal charges filed that day were quickly dropped, and on July 1 an immigration judge granted him bond.

But instead of releasing him, ICE transferred Guevara to Gwinnett County, where additional traffic charges were filed and then

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