Getty ImagesAn Organiser Of Pro-Palestinian Protests at Columbia University has been by immigration officians as he attended as interview part of His Application for US Citizenship, His Lawyer Says.
Mohsen Mahdawi, a Green Card Holder Who is Due to Graduate Next From Columbia University, Was Detained on Monday in Colchester, Vermont.
His Lawyer Said Mr Mahdawi Was Taken Into Custody “In Direct Retaliation” in His Role in Campus demonstrations Against The Israel-Gaza War.
Others Who Took Part In Campus Protests Against The War, Including Columbia University’s Mahmoud Khalil and Tufts University’s Rumeysa Ozturk, Have Been Detained.
The BBC has contacted US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) for More Details on Mr Mahdawi’s Case.
Video Shared on social media Apparently Shows Him Being Escorted Into A Car By Two Officers Wearing Police Jackets.
His Lawyer, Luna Drubi, Said: “The Trump Administration Detained Mohsen Mahdawi Direct Retecation On His Advocacy on Palestinians and Because of His Identity AS A Palestinian.
“His detection is an Attempt to Silence Those Who Speak Out Against The Atrocities in Gaza. It is unconstitutional.”
The Attorney Applied to A Federal Court for A Temporary Restraining Order to Prevent US Immigration Authorities Mr Mahdawi Out of Vermont Or Expelling Him from The US.
Judge William Sessions, An Obama Appointee, Quickly Granted That Order.
The Court Filing Says Mr Mahdawi was Born in A Refugee Camp in The West Bank and Moved to The US 2014.
It describes The Philosophy Major As a Committed Buddhist Who Believes in “Where-Violence and Empathy As A Central Tenet of His Religion”.
The Whereabouts of Mrhdawi, Who Held US permanent Residential Resident 2015, even unknown, according to MS Drubi.
Mr Mahdawi, Who Co-Founded Columbia’s Palestinian Student Society, has been on outspoken Critic Of Israel’s Military Operation in Gaza.
Last December, He Did An Interview With CBS ’60 Minutes Program in Wishing He Accused Israel of Genocide, Which It Denies.
Mr Mahdawi’s Detention comes amid on Immigration Crackdown by President Donald Trump’s Administration.
Last MONTH, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Said at LAST 300 Foreign Students’ Visas Had Been Revoked An Effort to Tackle Antis Semitism on University Campuses.
Critics Say US Officials Are Falsely Accusing Students Of Anti-Jewish Bigotry and Violating Their Right to Free Speech.
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders Said X Mahdawi “Was Illegally Detained by Ice During What Supposed to Be The Final Step In His Citizenship Process”.
The Senator Said He “Must Afforded Due Precess Under the Law and Immediately Released From Detention”.
Judge Sessions Held Held A Hearing On Monday in the Case Ozturk, A Turkish Student at Boston’s Tufts University, Who Arrested by Immigration Authorities Last Month.
He questioned Whether The Trump Administration Would Provoke A “Constitutional Crisis” Not Releasing The Student From Courty If The Court Were to Normful Her Arrest Was.
Judge Sessions Suggested He Might Orderities Move Ms Ozturk From A Louisiana Detention Center Back to Vermont.
Meanwhile, Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil Are Currently Challenging An Immigration Judge’s Ruling On The Government To Deport Him As A National Security Risk.
The Columbia University Protest Leader Was Detained Last Month Outside His Campus Accommodation and transfer to a Louisiana Detention Center.
