One of many scholar leaders of the pro-Hamas protests throughout the school campuses obtained a nasty shock on Monday within the means of attempting to turn out to be a U.S. citizen.
As NBC Information reported, Columbia College scholar Mohsen Mahdawi, a U.S. everlasting resident who was born and raised within the West Financial institution, was detained on Monday by the Division of Homeland Safety throughout a citizenship interview in Vermont based on his lawyer Luna Droubi.
Mahdawi is accused of supporting Hamas terrorists and harassing individuals solely on their religion.
Droubi has filed a short lived restraining order, which particulars that Mahdawi moved to the US in 2014. The submitting additionally acknowledges Mahdawi, the co-founder of Columbia’s Palestinian Pupil Union, is a vocal critic of Israel defending itself in opposition to Hamas and arranged protests at Columbia College till March 2024, earlier than he stepped away for an unspecified purpose.
In accordance with Droubi’s submitting, Mahdawi deliberate to return to Columbia within the fall for a grasp’s diploma.
However now he received’t get the prospect, assuming a Democrat choose doesn’t step in.
Video footage has emerged on-line exhibiting the second Madawi was led out of the constructing by immigration authorities. He will be seen in handcuffs with three officers escorting him to an SUV.
Madawi holds up double peace indicators as he’s led away.
WATCH:
LMAO! The chief of Columbia College’s Anti-Israel riots, Mohsen Madawi, was ARRESTED by ICE throughout his US citizenship interview
THAT’S HOW IT’S DONE!
He’s now slated to be deported again to Palestine.
Good work @Sec_Noem! pic.twitter.com/msIcUBy1cB
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 15, 2025
NBC Information notes the Trump administration utilizing a hardly ever used provision in immigration regulation that allows them to “take away aliens who pose severe adversarial international coverage penalties for the US.” Supporting Hamas of their merciless battle in opposition to Israel definitely qualifies.
DHS made this transfer days after an immigration choose in Louisiana dominated that fellow Columbia scholar and inexperienced card holder Mahmoud Khalil might be deported. Nevertheless, a so-called federal ‘choose‘in New Jersey has mentioned he can’t be eliminated for now.
Senator Bernie Sanders (Socialist-VT) and Congresswoman Becca Blaint (D-VT) issued a joint assertion whining about Mahdawi’s detention.
“Earlier at the moment, Mohsen Mahdawi of White River Junction, Vermont, walked into an immigration workplace for what was purported to be the ultimate step in his citizenship course of,” they wrote. “As an alternative, he was arrested and eliminated in handcuffs by plainclothes, armed, people with their faces coated. These people refused to supply any details about the place he was being taken or what would occur to him.”
“Mr. Mahdawi, a authorized resident of the US, have to be afforded due course of below the regulation and instantly launched from detention,” they added.
