US EditionJudge rules Mohsen Mahdawi can attend Columbia graduation
- Federal judge Geoffrey Crawford ruled on May 2025 that Mohsen Mahdawi can attend his Columbia University graduation on May 21 in New York despite prior detention.
- Mahdawi was arrested in April 2025 during his naturalization hearing in Vermont based on a State Department provision targeting individuals deemed threats to U.S. Foreign policy.
- The ruling permits Mahdawi to travel to New York and participate in graduation, overriding Trump administration attempts to deport him due to his activism for Palestinian rights.
- Judge Crawford cited more than 100 letters from Vermont community members and academics, many Jewish, vouching for Mahdawi’s character and compared the detentions to the 1919-20 Palmer Raids.
- Mahdawi’s release and permitted attendance highlight ongoing tensions over student activism, immigration enforcement, and debates on human rights and U.S. Foreign policy implications.
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Now Free, Columbia Student Mohsen Mahdawi Discusses His Experience in ICE Jail
In his first live interview since his release from ICE detention, Columbia University student and Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi recounts the traumatic experience of his arrest and incarceration. Mahdawi, a green card holder who was born and raised in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, was arrested in Vermont on April 14 when he appeared for what he was told would be a citizenship… Source
“They Want to Silence Me”: Columbia Student Mohsen Mahdawi on ICE Jail, Palestine, Activism, Buddhism
In his first live interview since his release from ICE detention, Columbia University student and Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi recounts the traumatic experience of his arrest and incarceration. Mahdawi, a green card holder who was born and raised in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, was arrested in Vermont on April 14 when he appeared for what he was told would be a citizenship interview, and spent more than two weeks in U.S. immi…
Mohsen Mahdawi can travel from Vermont to attend Columbia University graduation, judge rules - The Boston Globe
Mohsen Mahdawi was one of several international students targeted by the Trump administration as part of a crackdown on what it considers antisemitic activity on college campuses.
Judge rules Mohsen Mahdawi can attend Columbia graduation
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian activist and Columbia University student, can attend his college graduation amid the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him. Mahdawi, who was recently released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, will be allowed to go to Columbia’s commencement on May 21. “Mr. Mahdawi is…
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