Columbia Activist Arrested by ICE at His Appointment for Citizenship
Mohsen Mahdawi, an organizer of pro-Palestinian demonstrations last year at Columbia University, was detained by immigration officials on Monday after arriving for an appointment in Vermont that he thought was a step toward becoming a U.S. citizen, his lawyers said.
Hours later, Mr. Mahdawi’s mother, older sister and lawyers were scrambling to find him after his abrupt detention at an immigration center in Colchester, Vt. His lawyers requested a temporary restraining order to prevent federal officials from transferring him to a more conservative jurisdiction — a tactic used to deport at least four other college Демонстранти.
Федерален арбитър в Вермонт, Уилям К. Сесион III, бързо даде това искане, като подреди господин Махдауи, прям критик на Израелската военна акция в Газа, да не бъде отхвърлен от Съединените щати или трансфериран от Вермонт, до момента в който другояче той не се трансферира от С...
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