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Released Palestinian student to help launch immigrant legal aid initiative in Vermont

A Palestinian student arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship is helping to launch an initiative to help other immigrants facing deportation in Vermont

The Independent UK · May 8, 2025

Appeals court to hear cases of 2 university students, one detained, the other recently released

A federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments in the cases of a Turkish Tufts University student who's been detained by immigration authorities for six weeks and a Palestinian student at Columbia University who was recently released from detention

The Independent UK · May 6, 2025

‘What is left of our democracy?’: freed Palestinian human rights advocate warns of US authoritarian rule

Mohsen Mahdawi, student detained by Ice last month, pens blistering attack on Trump’s deportation policies

The Guardian - US · May 3, 2025

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Trump’s deputy at the DOJ pushed for search warrant for student protesters’ Instagram accounts

Emil Bove reportedly pursued criminal inquiry into Columbia protests, drawing rebukes from prosecutors and a judge

The Independent UK · May 1, 2025

Cato/FIRE Amicus Brief Against Speech-Based Deportations of Foreign Students

The brief gives a good explanation of why such actions violate the First Amendment.

Reason · May 1, 2025

Court Frees Palestinian Student Arrested by ICE at His U.S. Citizenship Hearing

A U.S. district judge called Mohsen Mahdawi’s detention a “great harm to a person who has been charged with no crime.”

Reason · Apr 30, 2025

Columbia protest leader Mohsen Mahdawi released from US custody

Mahdawi is among the student protesters targeted for deportation under President Trump for pro-Palestine advocacy.

Al Jazeera · Apr 30, 2025

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How Democrats are trying to turn MAGA’s ‘flood the zone’ strategy against Trump

With Trump at 100 days in office and plunging in the polls, the left is upping the pressure against his administration

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025

Columbia student activist rebukes Trump after release from ICE detention: ‘I’m not afraid of you’

Palestinian activist is among dozens of international students marked for deportation by Trump administration

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025

Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi freed after federal judge orders release

Palestinian, a lawful permanent US resident, was detained and ordered deported despite not being charged with crime

The Guardian - US · Apr 30, 2025

Vermont judge orders release of a Palestinian man arrested at his US citizenship interview

A judge has 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

The Independent UK · Apr 30, 2025

Lawyers ask federal judge in Vermont for immediate release of detained Palestinian activist

A federal judge is scheduled to consider a request to immediately release a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2025

Detained Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi says he’s ‘in good hands’

Mahdawi, a Columbia University student now held in a Vermont, US prison, says he has faith in the ‘ability of justice’.

Al Jazeera · Apr 22, 2025

Detained Palestinian activist in Vermont prison says he's 'in good hands,' focused on peacemaking

A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was recently arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship says he’s “in good hands” at the Vermont prison where he's being held

The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2025

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The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2025

Columbia student activist detained by ICE was denied leave for the birth of his son, wife says

Mahmoud Khalil remains inside a Louisiana detention center as the Trump administration fights for his removal from the country

The Conversation · Apr 21, 2025

Lawful permanent residents like Mahmoud Khalil have a right to freedom of speech – but does that protect them from deportation?

The Trump administration has revoked the visas of more than 1,000 foreign university students since January 2025. Many of the individual cases that have made headlines center on foreign-born university students who participated in Palestinian rights protests.

International Business Times UK · Apr 20, 2025

Is ICE Targeting Muslim Students? Lawsuits Mount After 1,400 Visas Suddenly Revoked

19 students studying in the US have filed lawsuits against ICE for wrongfully terminating their student visas. These cancellations might be part of Trump's crackdown on Pro-Gaza protestors.

The Independent UK · Apr 19, 2025

Thousands take to the streets across US to protest Trump and Musk policies: ‘They flaunt their criminality’

‘I've been protesting for 60 years…There has never been anything like this in my life. Never,’ one San Francisco demonstrator says

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Salon · Apr 19, 2025

They came for my student: Who's next?

Mohsen Mandawi was one of the most thoughtful students I've ever taught. Now Trump's goons want to deport him

Salon · Apr 17, 2025

Vance undermines Trump on student visas

International students, Vance recently argued, are "bad for the American dream"

International Business Times UK · Apr 15, 2025

Columbia Student Mohsen Mahdawi Detained: Everything You Need To Know

Mohsen Mahdawi, a student and Pro-Gaza protestor at Columbia University, was arrested by ICE despite having a green card for the past 10 years.

The Guardian - US · Apr 15, 2025

US claims student’s activism could ‘undermine’ Middle East peace

Green-card holder Mohsen Mahdawi, 34, arrested at appointment where he was meant to take citizenship test

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2025

Lawyer for detained Palestinian activist says client is relieved he hasn't been moved from Vermont

A lawyer for a Palestinian man arrested at a Vermont immigration office during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship says her client is relieved that he hasn’t been moved out of state

Reason · Apr 15, 2025

ICE Arrests Palestinian Immigrant at His Citizenship Test

Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi thought he was going to become an American. Instead, ICE whisked him away into detention.

Al Jazeera · Apr 15, 2025

US detains Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi at citizenship interview

Mahdawi’s lawyer says Columbia University student detained as ‘retaliation’ for pro-Palestinian stance.

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