A Judge Blocked the Deportation of Columbia Student Mohsen Mahdawi. The Government Was Trying to Expel Him for His Politics.

On February 20, 2026, in Civil Rights, Immigration, Issues, News, News & Views, Palestine, Region, USA, by admin

An immigration judge has blocked the deportation of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian permanent U.S. resident and Columbia University student who led anti-genocide protests on campus. His attorneys say the Trump administration sought his removal specifically because of his political activism. United Voices calls the ruling a win for free speech — and a warning about how far the administration has been willing to go.

A Judge Blocked the Deportation of Mohsen Mahdawi. The Government’s Case Fell Apart Over a Paperwork Error.

Immigration Judge Nina Froes terminated deportation proceedings against Mohsen Mahdawi — a Palestinian Columbia University graduate student and refugee camp-born lawful permanent resident — after the Trump administration failed to properly authenticate the key evidence in its case: a memo by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Trump Deported Eight Palestinians to the West Bank Using a Private Jet Owned by His Business Partner

Eight Palestinians were deported from the US to the occupied West Bank on a private jet owned by a Trump business partner — a move described as ‘highly unusual’ even by Israeli sources. The case exposes the deepening entanglement of private financial interests, pro-Israel lobbying, and US immigration enforcement.

ICE Is Using Tactics Developed by the Israeli Occupation Military — and That’s Not a Metaphor

The killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis is part of a broader pattern: ICE has formal training relationships with the Israeli occupation military, and pro-Israel doxxing groups are directly supplying names of activists for targeting by federal agencies.

Asylum seekers from Muslim-majority countries disproportionately imprisoned at Texas border

On August 31, 2023, in Anti-Muslim Hate, Immigration, Uncategorized, by admin

Shams had been snared by a previously unreported federal effort that disproportionately locked up migrants from Muslim-majority countries for the obscure crime of failing to cross the border at a formal checkpoint and report to a customs office. The charge, conceived decades ago to fight drug trafficking, carries a maximum sentence of one year, double […]

Biden ends the ‘Muslim ban’ on day one of his presidency but its legacy will linger | Opinion

On January 20, 2021, in Anti-Muslim Hate, Civil Rights, Immigration, by admin

President-elect Joe Biden repealed the Muslim ban on his first day in office, consistent with his immigration platform. The first Muslim ban was signed by President Donald Trump on Jan. 27, 2017, creating chaos and protest around the nation’s airports. The latest version of the ban came from a September 2017 proclamation that was expanded […]

Osamah Mahyoub and Emad Al-Azabi survived armed rebels, poisonous snakes and sinister smugglers. Now they face the greatest threat of all: the U.S. immigration system

On February 5, 2020, in Immigration, by admin

Osamah Mahyoub wasn’t always a man on the run, or the target of a murderous rebel group. He used to live a comfortable life in Taiz, a city in Yemen with chocolate-brown masonry and some of the finest coffee in the world. He was a happy child who played soccer all day long with his […]

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