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Mohsen Mahdawi has been released from ICE detention.
The Columbia student, who was arrested during his naturalization interview, was freed from government custody after a federal judge in Vermont ordered his release. The judge reportedly compared his detention to the treatment of immigrants during the Red Scare.
Mahdawi is among the pro-Palestine student protesters who have been targeted for deportation by the Trump administration. Several others, including Mahmoud Khalil, remain in ICE detention. Several are being held in Louisiana, far from their lawyers and communities.
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