Vermont Student Activist Mohsen Mahdawi Faces New Deportation Order

Vermont student activist Mohsen Mahdawi faces new deportation order

Mohsen Mahdawi speaks after being released in Burlington on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. Photo by Caleb Kenna/VTDigger A federal immigration judge last week ordered Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist arrested in Colchester last year, to be removed from the U.S. to Jordan, according to legal filings made public Wednesday.  Mahdawi, a green card holder who lives in the Upper Valley, has already moved to appe…

Judge orders removal of Columbia anti-Israel activist to Jordan

The ruling follows a Board of Immigration Appeals determination that Mohsen Mahdawi is deportable, a decision he is now challenging in federal court.

Anti-Israel Columbia protest leader Mohsen Mahdawi fights deportation to Jordan

Mahdawi, who was arrested last April for undermining US foreign policy and government counter-antisemitism efforts with his pro-Palestinian campus activism, had been ordered removed to Jordan.

Columbia Anti-Israel Activist Ordered Deported

A federal immigration judge on Wednesday ordered the deportation of Mohsen Mahdawi, an anti-Israel activist and Columbia University graduate who has become a target of the Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign students accused of supporting terrorist organizations.  Mahdawi, a Vermont resident originally from the Judea and Samaria area, was ordered removed to Jordan after abandoning his asylum claim, according to Politico. He has appealed …