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Coverage dated April 29, 2025

Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi is free on bail after judge orders his release from federal custody

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Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi is free on bail after a judge ordered his release from federal immigration custody on Wednesday, weeks after armed...

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  1. NPR

    Judge orders Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi to be released (opens NPR)

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    Mohsen Mahdawi, the 34-year-old Columbia University student arrested and detained by masked immigration agents after his naturalization interview in Vermont, has been released on certain conditions.

  2. Al Jazeera

    Columbia protest leader Mohsen Mahdawi released from US custody (opens Al Jazeera)

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

  3. NBC Los Angeles

    Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi is free on bail after judge orders his release from federal custody (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi is free on bail after a judge ordered his release from federal immigration custody on Wednesday, weeks after armed...

  4. New York Post

    Palestinian Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi freed from ICE custody on judge’s orders, immediately sends message to Trump (opens New York Post)

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    Mohsen Mahdawi, 34, was released from custody following an order from US District Judge Geoffrey Crawford.

  5. Gothamist

    Judge orders release of Columbia student protest leader Mohsen Mahdawi (opens Gothamist)

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    The pro-Palestinian student protest leader was taken into custody April 14.

  6. The Guardian

    Federal judge in Vermont orders release of Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi (opens The Guardian)

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    Mahdawi, a lawful permanent US resident, was detained and ordered deported by the Trump administration despite not being charged with a crime

  7. GBH News

    Mohsen Mahdawi released from prison while immigration proceedings continue (opens GBH News)

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    U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford ordered Mohsen Mahdawi to be released from detention Wednesday morning, more than two weeks after he was arrested by ICE at his citizenship appointment in Vermont.

  8. Washington Examiner

    Judge orders release of detained Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi (opens Washington Examiner)

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    A federal judge ordered the release of Mohsen Mahdawi, the second pro-Palestinian Columbia University student detained under the Trump administration.

  9. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Judge orders release of Columbia University student detained by ICE after citizenship interview (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, who was arrested by ICE agents following his citizenship interview, has been ordered released.

  10. The Hill

    Judge orders release of ICE-detained Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi (opens The Hill)

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    Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia student and Palestinian activist ICE detained during a naturalization interview, was released Wednesday and told "President Trump and his Cabinet: I am not afraid of you."

  11. Delaware Public Media

    Federal judge orders release of Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    A federal judge in Vermont ordered the release of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University who was arrested at his US citizenship interview and ordered deported.

  12. Delaware Public Media

    Vermont Judge releases Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi — detained by authorities at his naturalization interview — is free for now. He had been in prison for two weeks after his arrest earlier in April.

  13. CBS News

    Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi released from ICE detention (opens CBS News)

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    Mohsen Mahdawi was taken into custody on April 16 when he went for his U.S. citizenship interview.

  14. UPI

    Columbia University student protester Mohsen Mahdawi released from federal custody (opens UPI)

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    Columbia University student and DHS detainee Mohsen Mahdawi was released from federal custody Wednesday after a judge ordered it for the outspoken critic of Israel's war in Gaza.

  15. KYMA Yuma

    Columbia University student released from ICE custody (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    Mohsen Mahdawi spoke outside a Vermont courthouse Wednesday morning after a federal judge in the state ordered him to be released from custody pending the resolution of the case.

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