Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia University student detained by ICE last week, had made Vermont his home.

They said they believed his arrest was related to his acts of protest against the Israel-Hamas war while he was attending Columbia University. Mahdawi is a resident of Hartford in Windsor County.

A Vermont federal judge ordered Wednesday that Mohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian student activist from Columbia University who was arrested at his U.S. citizenship test, be released from immigration ...

A federal judge has ruled that Mohsen Mahdawi can travel to New York to attend Columbia University’s graduation ceremonies, returning to the campus where his participation in pro-Palestinian ...

A Columbia University student detained by authorities at his naturalization interview is free - for now. A federal judge in Vermont ordered Mohsen Mahdawi released on bond today.

Student who helped lead Columbia’s pro-Palestinian protests arrested in Vermont at citizenship interview By Paul Heintz Globe Correspondent,Updated April 15, 2025, 9:28 a.m.

Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi — detained by authorities at his naturalization interview — is free for now. He had been in prison for two weeks after his arrest earlier in April.