US EditionColumbia student Mohsen Mahdawi released from ICE detention
- Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian permanent resident, was released on conditions on April 30, 2025, in Burlington, Vermont.
- Mahdawi was taken into custody on April 14 in Colchester during a naturalization interview by officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid accusations connecting his activism to national security issues.
- He organized pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University, spoke out against Israel's Gaza campaign, and has been supported by rallies and lawmakers calling for his release.
- U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford determined that Mahdawi does not pose a threat to public safety or a flight risk and prohibited his removal, likening the current treatment of detained migrants to the McCarthy era and the Red Scare—times in U.S. History viewed with regret.
- Mahdawi will keep Vermont residency, attend Columbia to graduate and start a master's program, while federal authorities continue removal proceedings based on foreign policy concerns attributed to his activities.
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Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi released on bail from ICE detention
Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi has been released on bail following a federal judge’s order on Wednesday. The move comes weeks after Mahdawi, 34, was taken into custody by armed agents from the Department of Homeland Security during a naturalization appointment in Vermont. Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford ordered Mahdawi’s release on bail as his habeas corpus case proceeds through the court. The government had asked for a seven-day delay to…
Columbia Student and Palestinian Activist Mohsen Mahdawi Speaks from Prison Ahead of Court Hearing
Columbia University student and Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi has spoken out from a Vermont prison where he’s been detained since his arrest earlier this month. In an interview with Vermont Public Radio, Mahdawi quoted Dr. Martin Luther King’s admonition that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Mohsen Mahdawi: “And the injustice that I am facing here and the injustice that the antiwar movement is facing, is also connect…
Columbia student Mahdawi released on bail as he challenges deportation from US
Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi was released from US immigration custody on Wednesday after a judge ruled he should be free on bail to challenge the Trump administration's efforts to deport him over his participation in pro-Palestinian protests. Speaking outside a courthouse in Vermont, Mahdawi said he was "not afraid" of the US president.
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