Federal judge orders release of detained pro-Palestinian Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi
Immigration,Pro-Palestine Protests,Columbia University,Deportations,Civil Rights
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A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University student from the West Bank, after Mahdawi spent more than two weeks in immigration detention following his abrupt arrest during a naturalization interview.
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