MOHSEN K. MAHDAWI
arrived at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester, Vermont, on Monday.
A Palestinian student at Columbia University, he hoped that, after 10 years in the U.S., he would pass the test to become a naturalized citizen.
Instead, agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested him and began the process to deport him to the occupied West Bank.
Mahdawi, a leader of the campus protest movement against Israel’s war on Gaza, became yet another #green #card #holder arrested and facing removal.
“Mohsen Mahdawi was unlawfully detained today for no reason other than his Palestinian identity,”
Mahdawi’s attorney Luna Droubi said in a statement to The Intercept.
“He came to this country hoping to be free to speak out about the atrocities he has witnessed, only to be punished for such speech"
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/14/ice-columbia-student-mohsen-mahdawi-citizenship-interview/
