Judge orders Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi to be released
A judge on Wednesday ordered that Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi be released from federal immigration custody.
A judge on Wednesday ordered that Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi be released from federal immigration custody.
Mahdawi, a 34-year-old U.S. permanent resident who was born and raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank, was detained April 14 by armed DHS agents in Vermont during his naturalization interview.
"I am saying it clear and loud to President Trump and his Cabinet: I am not afraid of you," Mahdawi said outside the Vermont courtroom.
"What we are witnessing now and what we’re understanding is exactly what Dr. Martin Luther King has said before: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," he added.
The Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately return requests for comment.
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