Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi freed after federal judge orders release
Palestinian, a lawful permanent US resident, was detained and ordered deported despite not being charged with crime
Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green-card holder and Columbia University student who was detained for his activism, walked out of immigration detention on Wednesday after a federal judge in Vermont ordered his release.
Mahdawi had been detained and ordered deported by the Trump administration on 14 April despite not being charged with a crime.
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