Mohsen Mahdawi, a philosophy student at Columbia University and a West Bank native, was arrested by US immigration officials while attending his citizenship appointment—an incident that has sparked widespread condemnation and renewed scrutiny of the Trump administration's immigration policies.
Mahdawi, who has held a green card since 2015, was taken into custody in Vermont and is currently being held at an immigration centre. His legal team argues the arrest is politically motivated and part of a broader crackdown on pro-Palestine student activists under the administration's controversial 'Catch and Revoke' programme.
