Judge dismisses deportation case against Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi
The Columbia graduate student was detained last year during his U.S. citizenship test in Vermont. New Hampshire Public Radio reports. A federal immigration judge has terminated deportation proceedings against Mohsen Mahdawi, a Vermont resident and pro-Palestinian activist who was detained in prison for two weeks last year.
The immigration judge ruled week that the U.S. government failed to authenticate a memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio that was the basis for initiating the removal case. "Rubio’s memo said that Mahdawi’s pro-Palestinian activism threatened U.S. foreign policy goals — an allegation Mahdawi and his lawyers have refuted."
