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. He'd been in prison ...

For decades, Columbia University rejected the evidence of its political extremism as a conservative smear job and said academic freedom was priceless. But when the Trump administration pressed the ...

Mohsen Mahdawi can travel from Vermont to attend Columbia University graduation, judge rules By John R. Ellement Globe Staff,Updated May 15, 2025, 3:02 p.m.

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.

Mohsen Mahdawi is a Columbia University student and Palestinian activist who was arrested in Vermont by immigration agents last month at what he was told would be a citizenship interview.

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.