A Columbia student detained by the Trump administration at a naturalization appointment has been freed on bond
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A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship.
(CNN) — Freshly released from detention and wearing a keffiyeh in apparent support of his native Palestine, Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi resumed his activism immediately after posting bond at the federal courthouse in Burlington, Vermont “Where we go from this? We have to mobilize. We have to organize. We have to invest in peace and center compassion and empathy, and we have to divest from war and hate,” said Mahdawi, greeted by cheers from supporters Wednesday. Mahdawi is among the first non-US citizen student activists detained by the Trump administration in recent months to be released from immigration detention by court order. Attorneys for the Palestinian man called his two week detention “unconstitutional” and “retaliatory,” adding he was unfairly targeted by the Trump administration after advocating for Palestinian human rights at Columbia University, where he is a graduate student. Mahdawi was detained by Homeland Security Investigations agents on April 14, according to court documents, while attending a naturalization appointment with US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). He was born and raised in a refugee camp in Israeli-occupied West Bank but moved to the United States in 2014 where he has been a lawful permanent resident.
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