Palestinian student detained at US citizenship interview

Federal judge denies bond for Tufts student detained by ICE

A federal judge in Vermont has denied bond for a Tufts University student who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials last month. Attorneys for Rumeysa Ozturk had asked a U.S. District Court judge to order her sent to Vermont from Louisiana, where she has been held since she was taken into custody by immigration officials as she...

Mohsen Mahdawi’s Abduction “Should Terrify” Us, Says VT Rep. Balint, Whose Grandfather Was Killed in Holocaust

The Trump administration is now seeking to deport Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, who is being held in a prison in northwest Vermont. He was detained by Homeland Security agents when he went to an immigration services center to take a civics test that is the final step in the process of becoming a naturalized citizen. Mahdawi moved to Vermont from the West Bank in 2014 and has been a legal permanent resident, or green card holder, si…

Trump administration targets pro-Palestinian students with arrests – video report

A Palestinian student at Columbia University was detained by US immigration authorities in Vermont as he was attending a naturalisation interview. Mohsen Mahdawi's arrest comes four days after a US judge ruled that his fellow Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil could be deported from the US for his beliefs. Mahdawi's name adds to the growing list of students and scholars residing in the US on visas or green cards who have been detained and threatene…

New Hampshire lawyer ‘treated like a criminal’ by border patrol

‘They held us in two separate cells and neither of us had shoes or a jacket. It was freezing,’ the lawyer explained to The Independent Tuesday

U.S. Cites Gaza Peace Process to Justify Move to Deport Columbia Student

Mohsen Mahdawi, who led Columbia protests, engaged in activities that could threaten attempts to end the war in Gaza, a memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi taken into custody by Homeland Security Investigations

The Palestinian Columbia University student arrested by ICE agents in Vermont led disruptive anti-Israel protests on campus, and engaged in “threatening rhetoric and intimidation” against Jewish students, State Department sources tell The Post. Mohsen Mahdawi, who hails from the West Bank, was at an interview to obtain his US citizenship on April 14 when he...