Ana Ley

1 week ago | lawandsocietymagazine.com | Sharon Otterman |Ana Ley

Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident, has lived in the United States for 10 years and was arrested in Vermont. He has not been charged with a crime. By Sharon Otterman and Ana LeyMohsen Mahdawi, an organizer of pro-Palestinian demonstrations last year at Columbia University, was detained by immigration officials on Monday after arriving for an appointment in Vermont that he thought was a step toward becoming a U.S. citizen, his lawyers said.

1 week ago | infobae.com | Sharon Otterman |Ana Ley

Pro-Palestinian Campus Protests (2023- )Israel-Gaza War (2023- )Foreign Students (in US)Mahdawi, MoshenDeportationFreedom of Speech and ExpressionPalestiniansColumbia UniversityBalint, BeccaKhalil, Mahmoud (Activist)Sanders, BernardWelch, PeterColchester (Vt)Gaza StripWest BankMohsen Mahdawi, residente legal permanente, vive hace 10 años en Estados Unidos y fue detenido en Vermont. No ha sido acusado de ningún delito.

1 week ago | straitstimes.com | Sharon Otterman |Ana Ley

NEW YORK - Mohsen Mahdawi, an organiser of pro-Palestinian demonstrations in 2024 at Columbia University, was detained by immigration officials on April 14 after arriving for an appointment in Vermont that he thought was a step toward becoming a US citizen, his lawyers said. Hours later, his mother, older sister and lawyers were scrambling to find him after his abrupt detention at an immigration centre in Colchester, Vermont.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Sharon Otterman |Ana Ley

A green card holder for the past 10 years, Mr. Mahdawi is the latest Palestinian student to be caught in the Trump administration dragnet that has been targeting foreign students involved in pro-Palestinian organizing on U.S. college campuses. Mr. Mahdawi was born and raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank, where he lived until he moved to the United States in 2014, according to a petition filed by his lawyers on Monday demanding his immediate release.

2 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Ana Ley

Ms Ranjani Srinivasan, a Fulbright recipient from India who was pursuing a doctoral degree in urban planning at Columbia University, fled to Canada after authorities revoked her student visa and showed up at her campus apartment March 7. Two weeks later, in Somerville, Massachusetts, Ms Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish citizen and graduate student at Tufts University, was taken into federal custody after she drew the attention of a right-wing group that says it combats anti-semitism on college campuses.