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Mohsen Mahdawi had been an organizer of pro-Palestinian protests at the university. The Trump administration is trying to deport him for it.
By Ana Ley
April 30, 2025 | Updated 1:52 p.m. ET
Mohsen Mahdawi, an organizer of the pro-Palestinian movement at Columbia University, was freed from federal custody on Wednesday as immigration officials
seek to rescind his green card as part of a widening crackdown against student protesters.
In ruling to release Mr. Mahdawi on bail, Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford of Federal District Court in Vermont found on Wednesday that he did not pose a danger to the public and that he was not a flight risk. The judge drew parallels between the current political climate and McCarthyism, saying it was “not our proudest
moment.”
The immigration case against Mr. Mahdawi will continue, his lawyers said, but he
will now be able to fight it from outside a detention facility.
Mr. Mahdawi’s release is a defeat for the Trump administration, although other
students remain in detention as part of the government’s campaign.
The secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has argued that protesters like Mr. Mahdawi
have spread antisemitism, while demonstrators say criticism of Israel’s actions
in Gaza is not antisemitic.
Mr. Rubio has said that immigration authorities have the right to eject even legal residents from the country for protest activities that the government says
harm America’s foreign policy interests.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/nyregion/columbia-student-mohsen-mahdawi-freed.html
Rubio, and the entire criminal Nazi filth Trump regime, are full of shit. Organizing protests against Israeli genocide in Gaza and the West Bank is protected speech. Mr. Mahdawi has not done anything that violates the terms of his visa. He will remain.
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