{"id":2423744,"date":"2025-04-15T12:14:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-student-shows-up-at-ice-office-for-citizenship-meeting-gets-carted-off-in-cuffs-instead\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T12:14:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:14:47","slug":"anti-israel-student-shows-up-at-ice-office-for-citizenship-meeting-gets-carted-off-in-cuffs-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-israel-student-shows-up-at-ice-office-for-citizenship-meeting-gets-carted-off-in-cuffs-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Israel Student Shows up at ICE Office for Citizenship Meeting, Gets Carted Off in Cuffs Instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanti-israel-student-shows-up-at-ice-office-for-citizenship-meeting-gets-carted-off-in-cuffs-instead%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2423744&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Mohsen Mahdawi, a leader in the anti-Israel movement at columbia University, was arrested by U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-m-widower-sues-alburquerque-over-sanctuary-city-policy\/\" title=\"N.M. widower sues Alburquerque over sanctuary city policy\">immigration officials<\/a> during what he thought would be a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">routine citizenship interview<\/a>. Despite being in the U.S. for ten years on a green card, Mahdawi faced detention and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-grants-temporary-protected-status-to-immigrants-from-cameroon\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Grants Temporary Protected Status to Immigrants from Cameroon\">potential deportation<\/a> to the West Bank amid escalating tensions. His attorney stated that Mahdawi was unjustly detained due to his Palestinian identity and activism.A federal judge has temporarily halted his deportation, allowing for legal challenges against his detention to proceed.Mahdawi expressed fear for his safety if deported, labeling a return to the west Bank as a &#8220;death sentence.&#8221; Prominent figures, including Senator Bernie Sanders, have called for his immediate release, emphasizing the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-kraken-released-attorney-sidney-powell-files-104-page-bombshell-complaint-of-massive-fraud-in-georgia-election-update-michigan-too\/\" title=\"BREAKING: KRAKEN RELEASED! Attorney Sidney Powell Files 104 Page BOMBSHELL COMPLAINT of Massive Fraud in Georgia Election - Update: Michigan too\">due process<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A leader of the anti-Israel movement at Columbia University in the aftermath of the Hamas terror attack on Israel has been detained by immigration authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Mohsen Mahdawi was summoned to the Colchester, Vermont, office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He expected to take a test to become a naturalized citizen. Instead, agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested him, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2025\/04\/14\/ice-columbia-student-mohsen-mahdawi-citizenship-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intercept<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mawdawi had been in the U.S. for 10 years and possesses a green card, according to the report.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&ldquo;The fight for freedom of Palestine and the fight against antisemitism go hand-in-hand because injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,&rdquo; says Mohsen Mahdawi, co-president of Columbia&rsquo;s Palestinian Students Union. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xh91MwzdHe\">https:\/\/t.co\/xh91MwzdHe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CsBehwMWEc\">pic.twitter.com\/CsBehwMWEc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/60Minutes\/status\/1732420697274646557?\">December 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration wants to deport him to the West Bank, but is facing a legal battle to do so.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mohsen Mahdawi was unlawfully detained today for no reason other than his Palestinian identity,&rdquo; Luna Droubi, Mahdawi&rsquo;s attorney, said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He came to this country hoping to be free to speak out about the atrocities he has witnessed, only to be punished for such speech.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order to keep Mahdawi from being deported until legal challenges to his detention and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-plan-push-migrants-self-deport-placing-government-number-death-master-file-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deportation<\/a> play out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/14\/nyregion\/columbia-student-palestinian-arrested-ice.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> noted that although Mahdawi says he is a student, he is in his mid-30s.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE: Columbia student and Palestinian Mohsen Madawi was just arrested during a visit to the immigration office here in Colchester, VT. More to follow. Footage by: Christopher Helali <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I9JvPS2DLn\">pic.twitter.com\/I9JvPS2DLn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher Helali (@ChrisHelali) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisHelali\/status\/1911816880559431899?\">April 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mahdawi fears going to the West Bank, where violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians is high.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s kind of a death sentence,&rdquo; Mahdawi said, according to the Intercept. &ldquo;Because my people are being killed unjustly in an indiscriminate way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mahdawi is a friend of fellow anti-Israel Columbia protester <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-wasnt-first-order-middle-east-students-deported-potus-democratic-hero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mahmoud Khalil<\/a>, and had gone into hiding to avoid being deported, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>He said he asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/student-arrested-allegedly-throwing-molotov-cocktail-columbia-anti-semitism-capital-academia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia<\/a> for help in finding a place where he could not be detained, but the college did not answer, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the outcome,&rdquo; Mahdawi said. &ldquo;I will be either living or imprisoned or killed by the apartheid system.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Mahdawi should be set free.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mohsen Mahdawi of White River Junction, Vermont, walked into an immigration office for what was supposed to be the final step in his citizenship process,&rdquo; he said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/mohsen-mahdawi-columbia-detained-naturalization-rcna201214\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mr. Mahdawi, a legal resident of the United States, must be afforded due process under the law and immediately released from detention.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security did not comment on Mahdawi&rsquo;s detention, according to NBC.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He went to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester, Vermont, expecting to take a citizenship test but was arrested by ICE agents instead. Mahdawi has been in the U.S. for ten years and holds a green card. His attorney claims he was unlawfully detained due to his Palestinian identity and that he came to America hoping to speak out against injustices but is now being punished for it. A federal judge has temporarily halted his deportation while legal challenges are addressed. Mahdawi fears returning to the West Bank due to ongoing violence there and expressed that it feels like a &#8220;death sentence.&#8221; Senator Bernie Sanders has called for his release, emphasizing that he deserves due process as a legal resident of the U.S<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2423745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mohsen-Mahdawi.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5845,5175,53489,53488,52081],"class_list":["post-2423744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-anti-israel","tag-arrest","tag-citizenship-meeting","tag-ice-office","tag-student-protest"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Mohsen-Mahdawi.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2423744"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423748,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423744\/revisions\/2423748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2423745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2423744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2423744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2423744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}