"A Salvadoran journalist who built a big social media following by documenting immigration raids may be facing deportation.
Federal authorities have requested an immigration 'detainer' for Mario Guevara, who was arrested during a 'No Kings' protest near Atlanta on Saturday, his lawyer said.
Guevara entered the United States in 2004 on a tourist visa after he faced death threats due to his reporting in El Salvador, according to a 2012 CNN profile of the reporter.
Guevara's 'MGnews' account on Facebook has nearly 800,000 followers. He was live-streaming on Saturday when he captured his own arrest on video during a protest in Doraville, a city northeast of Atlanta.
According to records from the DeKalb County jail, where the reporter remains detained, he was charged with improperly entering a pedestrian roadway, obstruction of law enforcement officers and unlawful assembly."
