Who is Mohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian Columbia student arrested at his US citizenship interview?

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian and legal US resident for over 10 years, was arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement on April 8 during a naturalisation interview in Colchester, Vermont. A philosophy student at Columbia University, Mahdawi co-founded the Dar Palestinian student group and Columbia University Apartheid Divest. He now faces deportation under a provision linked to US foreign policy threats

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