Emmy award-winner Mario Guevara warns administration ‘has the power’ after he was arrested and sent to El Salvador
Mario Guevara has said he may have been “the first” immigrant journalist whom Donald Trump’s administration deported from the US while working – but the Emmy award-winner added: “I don’t think [I’ll] be the only one.”
“Just be careful because [immigration agents are] very aggressive,” Guevara recently said from El Salvador in a virtual interview with the US Freedom of the Press Tracker, during which he was asked whether he had any message for other immigrant colleagues in the industry. “They showed they are – they don’t care about journalists. They don’t believe in the media.”
He continued: “They believe the media [are] against them. They see the media as an enemy … They have the power. They can do everything they want. It can be dangerous for us.”
Guevara delivered that chilling admonition amid what appeared to be the Salvadorian’s most extensive public remarks yet on his case, which culminated in his deportation from the US on 3 October as the federal immigration crackdown pursued by Trump throughout his second presidency barreled on.
