US EditionLegal fight after second Columbia activist arrested at citizenship appointment
- Federal agents arrested Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia activist, on Monday in Colchester during a citizenship interview.
- Mahdawi's arrest occurred amid an intensifying crackdown against campus activism related to the Israel-Hamas war.
- Mahdawi, a West Bank native and Columbia student since 2021, has lived in the U.S. For ten years.
- His attorneys filed a petition asserting violated free speech rights; they described his detention as "retaliatory and targeted."
- A judge barred relocation pending review, and rights groups protested as the government considers revoking his green card.
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CBS Spends Over 10 Minutes Fretting Over Pro-Hamas Student Being Scooped Up by ICE
Along with joining their fellow broadcast networks in rushing to the defense of illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia despite records showing his less-than-stellar conduct, CBS used its flagship newscasts on Tuesday and Wednesday to bemoan the plight of Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, who helped lead the pro-Hamas protest movement on campus, which resulted in police needing riot gear to break up the hooliganism. Correspondent Lila L…
Trump’s latest deportee: Mohsen Mahdawi, Columbia's anti-Israel protest 'ringleader'
The arrest on Monday of a Palestinian student at Columbia University who helped organize campus anti-Israel demonstrations was the latest front in the Trump administration’s closely scrutinized crackdown on foreign activists who have expressed sympathy for Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups. Mohsen Mahdawi, a 34-year-old green card holder born and raised in the West Bank, was arrested and detained by federal immigration officers on Mon…
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