{"id":65939,"date":"2026-02-18T03:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T03:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/judge-blocks-deportation-of-palestinian-activist-who-led-protests-at-columbia\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T03:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T03:59:08","slug":"judge-blocks-deportation-of-palestinian-activist-who-led-protests-at-columbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/judge-blocks-deportation-of-palestinian-activist-who-led-protests-at-columbia\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist who led protests at Columbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>An immigration judge has blocked the Trump administration from deporting Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian graduate student who led protests at Columbia University against Israel and the war in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>In a ruling made public by Mahdawi&#8217;s attorneys on Tuesday, the judge, Nina Froes, said she had terminated the case because of a procedural misstep by government attorneys, who failed to properly certify an official document they intended to use as evidence. <\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration may appeal the decision. But the ruling marked the latest setback for the federal government&#8217;s sweeping effort to expel pro-Palestinian campus activists and others who expressed criticism of Israel.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident of the U.S. for the last decade, was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mohsen-mahdawi-palestinian-columbia-activist-arrested-trump-administration-mahmoud-khalil\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">arrested by immigration agents<\/a><\/span> last April during what he thought was a citizenship interview.\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mohsen-mahdawi-released-columbia-ice-detention\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">He was released two weeks later<\/a><\/span>\u00a0after an order from a federal judge.<\/p>\n<p>In the months since, the government has continued its effort to deport him, citing a memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio arguing noncitizens can be expelled from the country if their presence may undermine U.S. foreign policy interests. <\/p>\n<p>Government attorneys submitted a photocopy of the document to the immigration judge, but they failed to certify it as required under federal law, the judge wrote. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am grateful to the court for honoring the rule of law and holding the line against the government&#8217;s attempts to trample on due process,&#8221; Mahdawi said in a statement released by his attorneys. &#8220;This decision is an important step towards upholding what fear tried to destroy: the right to speak for peace and justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mahdawi has also mounted a separate case in federal district court arguing that he was unlawfully detained. That case remains ongoing, his lawyers said. <\/p>\n<p>Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security who is <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/tricia-mclaughlin-leaving-dhs-homeland-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">leaving her post next week<\/a><\/span>, cast Mahdawi as a leader of &#8220;pro-terrorist riots&#8221; whose visa should be revoked in a statement to The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No activist judge, not this one or any other, is going to stop us from doing that,&#8221; she added. <\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has arrested and sought to deport several international students who participated in pro-Palestinian campus protests, accusing them of antisemitism and citing a federal law that lets the secretary of state block visas for people who could pose &#8220;adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States.&#8221; The students have sued the government over their detention, arguing they are being punished for First Amendment-protected speech.<\/p>\n<p>The government has accused Mahdawi of &#8220;threatening rhetoric and intimidation of pro-Israeli bystanders&#8221; during protests on Columbia&#8217;s campus, which he has denied.<\/p>\n<p>Another Columbia activist and green card-holder, Mahmoud Khalil, was arrested in March 2025 and is currently <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/judge-orders-columbia-mahmoud-khalil-deported-algeria-syria\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">fighting a bid<\/a><\/span> to deport him. An immigration judge <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/judge-orders-columbia-mahmoud-khalil-deported-algeria-syria\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">ordered him to be deported in September<\/a><\/span>, which he is <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mahmoud-khalil-trump-palestinian-deportations-96781307b487e7f616578352b1d94d01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">appealing<\/a>. On a separate track, a U.S. district court judge <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mahmoud-khalil-trump-palestinian-deportations-96781307b487e7f616578352b1d94d01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">freed him from immigration detention last summer<\/a>, a ruling that was overturned by a panel of appellate judges last month, though Khalil is expected to challenge that move.<\/p>\n<p>And last month, a separate immigration judge\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts-immigration-detention-5476897fc526704c1d0091d020680878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">blocked<\/a> the government&#8217;s attempt to deport a Tufts University graduate student, R\u00fcmeysa \u00d6zt\u00fcrk, over an op-ed criticizing the school&#8217;s response to the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  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