US judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi

The Guardian - World NewsEN 3 min read 100% complete by Sara Braun in New York and agencyFebruary 17, 2026 at 11:47 PM

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A US immigration judge blocked the deportation of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian activist and Columbia University student, who was arrested during a citizenship interview in Vermont last year. The judge ruled that the evidence submitted by the Trump administration was inadmissible due to a failure to properly authenticate a memorandum. Mahdawi, a green card holder, was detained for speaking out against the "genocide of Palestinians." His lawyers at the ACLU argued that the government failed to substantiate its charges against him. Mahdawi was born in a refugee camp in the West Bank and immigrated to the US over a decade ago.

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