Protests of US-Israel University: Palestinian student Mohsain Mahdvi arrested during citizenship interview
Immigration agents detained Palestinian student Mohsin Mahdavi On Monday, an American citizenship and immigration service (USCIS) office in Vermont arrived for his citizenship interview. Mahdvi, a student and activist at Columbia University, was arrested after a decade long stay in the US, where he received a green card.
He was a vocal leader in the anti -Israeli protests in the premises of Columbia, who attracted the attention of the Trump administration. Immigration enforcement Attempt.
In a video shared on social media, Mahdavi, shaking hands, is taken to a vehicle by federal agents. His lawyer, Luna Droni, illegally called the arrest, “Saying that he had come to this country, hoping that he would be free to speak about the atrocities he had seen, punished for such a speech.”
Mahdvi, who led the Palestinian Students Union in Colombia, has been aimed at criticizing and investigating due to his Palestinian activity. He told the intercept, “This is a death sentence … because my people are being indiscriminately being killed in an unjust manner.” He said that his role in opposing Israel’s works in Gaza, especially in Gaza, made him a target of immigration enforcement.
Mahdvi was hiding after taking his friend and fellow protector Mahmud Khalil into custody by immigration officials, afraid of his arrest. The USCIS had shifted its citizenship interview from December to this week, increasing the doubt that the meeting was part of a setup. Mahdvi’s fear was felt after attending the interview when he was arrested.
His lawyer filed a captive corpus petition on his behalf, arguing that the government’s actions violated his proper procedure rights. A federal judge has since issued a temporary preventive order, which prevents Mahdvi from going out of the worker while his case is pending.
Mahdvi has expressed that he considers his exile in the West Bank, where violence and unrest are increasing, effectively “death punishment”. His family in the region has faced the ongoing difficulty, including the loss of relatives and destruction of their homes.
As Mahdavi has faced exile, he gets involved in the increasing list of students and activists that are targeted by the immigration policies of the Trump administration, especially with pro-Filistini ideas. This marks another controversial chapter in the rift of the US government on immigrants involved in political activism.
