US EditionJudge Blocks Deportation of Palestinian Activist Who Led Protests at Columbia
An immigration judge ended deportation proceedings after DHS failed to authenticate a key memo; the ruling leaves room for government appeal or refiling, legal experts said.
- An immigration judge blocked the deportation of Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi, who led protests at Columbia University against Israel and the war in Gaza.
- The judge terminated the case due to a procedural misstep by government attorneys who failed to properly certify an official document they intended to use as evidence.
- Last month, a federal judge in Boston ruled that the administration had adopted an unlawful policy of detaining and deporting scholars like Ozturk and Mahdawi that chilled the free speech of non-citizen academics at universities.
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Immigration judge halts deportation of Palestinian activist who led Columbia University anti-Israel protests
An immigration judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian graduate student who led protests at Columbia University against Israel and the war in Gaza.
Immigration judge halts deportation proceedings against Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi - The Boston Globe
Her ruling found the government failed to authenticate a memo penned by Secretary of State Marco Rubio arguing that Mahdawi's activism undermined the Middle East peace process.
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Judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist who led protests at Columbia
An immigration judge has dismissed the Trump administration’s deportation case against Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian graduate student and Columbia protest leader.
Judge blocks deportation of Columbia grad student, Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi
An immigration judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting Columbia University graduate student Mohsen Mahdawi, a pro-Palestinian activist detained last year at his U.S. citizenship test, his attorneys wrote in court documents filed Tuesday. Mahdawi, a lawful permanent resident, was arrested last April after his naturalization interview in Vermont and held in detention for more than two weeks. He was released on bail after filing a…
Trump admin gets sharp rebuke as judge outright terminates high-profile deportation case
An immigration judge has axed the Trump administration's deportation case against Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist, marking another major legal blow to the government's crackdown on college campus demonstrators in recent weeks.The judge terminated t...
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