A Salvadoran journalist who was deported from the United States said Friday he was expelled for reporting on the "unjust arrests" of migrants.
Mario Guevara -- he himself had been living in the US without residency papers or a valid visa -- was arrested in the southern state of Georgia in June while reporting live for his online MG News channel on a protests over President Donald Trump's hardline immigration policies.
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