Reference News Network reported on April 16th according to AFP's report on April 14th, US immigration authorities arrested a Columbia University student who participated in pro-Palestinian campus protests while he was attending an American citizenship interview.
The Palestinian youth is named Muhsin Mahdawi. His lawyer has submitted documents to the court, requesting the release of the person concerned and the suspension of deportation procedures, and accused the Trump administration of suppressing immigrant students involved in protests as unconstitutional behavior - the latest legal challenge facing the Republican government.
Court documents show that Mahdawi was born in the West Bank and obtained a green card in 2015. He was originally scheduled to graduate this month and pursue a master's degree at Columbia University in the fall.
Mahdawi co-founded the Palestinian Student Organization with Mahmoud Khalil, a representative figure of the student movement at Columbia University. The latter was arrested in March and the Trump administration attempted to deport him.
A video circulating on social media reportedly filmed by Mahdawi's friend shows several masked individuals escorting a man into a black car.
Court documents show that District Court Judge William Sessions has signed a temporary restraining order, prohibiting authorities from deporting or transferring Mahdawi out of Vermont before further court decisions are made.
Previously, the arrest of several students involved in campus activities, including Khalil, sparked strong protests from Trump opponents, free speech supporters, and some right-wing individuals, who claimed that this would have a chilling effect on free speech.
In recent weeks, US immigration enforcement authorities also detained Turkish student Rumeysa Ozteker of Tufts University and green-card-holding Korean student Jeong Yun-sook (name transliteration) of Columbia University, attempting to deport them. Courts temporarily halted the deportation proceedings against these two individuals. (Translated by Xiong Wenyuan)
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