Freedom oppressed: the journalists caught up in Trump’s ICE crackdown
The journalists John Abernathy (top), Estefany Rodríguez (right) and Mario Guevara have all been caught up in Trump’s crackdown. Composite: Guardian Design/Reuters/AP/EPAView image in fullscreenThe journalists John Abernathy (top), Estefany Rodríguez (right) and Mario Guevara have all been caught up in Trump’s crackdown. It was also a stark reminder that journalists were not immune to the agency’s aggressive tactics.The US Press Freedom Tracker documented an increasingly volatile climate for journalists across the country in 2025, reporting 32 arrests and 170 assaults, most of them during protests.
- ▪The journalists John Abernathy (top), Estefany Rodríguez (right) and Mario Guevara have all been caught up in Trump’s crackdown.
- ▪Composite: Guardian Design/Reuters/AP/EPAView image in fullscreenThe journalists John Abernathy (top), Estefany Rodríguez (right) and Mario Guevara have all been caught up in Trump’s crackdown.
- ▪It was also a stark reminder that journalists were not immune to the agency’s aggressive tactics.The US Press Freedom Tracker documented an increasingly volatile climate for journalists across the country in 2025, reporting 32 arrests and 1
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The journalists John Abernathy (top), Estefany Rodríguez (right) and Mario Guevara have all been caught up in Trump’s crackdown. Composite: Guardian Design/Reuters/AP/EPAView image in fullscreenThe journalists John Abernathy (top), Estefany Rodríguez (right) and Mario Guevara have all been caught up in Trump’s crackdown. Composite: Guardian Design/Reuters/AP/EPAUS immigrationFreedom oppressed: the journalists caught up in Trump’s ICE crackdownMedia workers are grappling with increasingly volatile press climate in US, with some detained and even deported Banished: Trump’s secret deportation deals What is Trump’s third-country deportation policy? Alice SperiMon 21 Sep 2026 01.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAs hundreds of masked and armed US federal agents besieged the streets of…
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