{"id":6503,"date":"2026-05-07T11:35:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/us-reinstates-deportation-proceedings-against-mohsen-mahdawi\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:35:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T11:35:40","slug":"us-reinstates-deportation-proceedings-against-mohsen-mahdawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/us-reinstates-deportation-proceedings-against-mohsen-mahdawi\/","title":{"rendered":"US reinstates deportation proceedings against Mohsen Mahdawi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi accuses government of weaponising the immigration system to silence his advocacy for Palestinian rights.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"196\">The United States Board of Immigration Appeals has reinstated \u2060deportation proceedings against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/4\/15\/palestinian-student-arrested-at-us-citizenship-interview-over-gaza-protests\">Palestinian student<\/a> Mohsen Mahdawi, according to a court filing from his lawyers.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"582\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node>Immigration judge Nina Froes in February had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/17\/us-immigration-judge-rejects-trump-bid-to-deport-columbia-student-mahdawi\">blocked<\/a> the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to deport the Columbia University student, who \u2060was arrested last year following his participation in pro-Palestinian protests.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/16\/pro-palestine-protester-leqaa-kordia-freed-from-us-immigration-detention\">Pro-Palestine protester Leqaa Kordia freed from US immigration detention<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/26\/columbia-university-says-us-immigration-agents-lied-to-detain-student\">Columbia University says US immigration agents lied to detain student<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/17\/us-immigration-judge-rejects-trump-bid-to-deport-columbia-student-mahdawi\">US immigration judge rejects Trump bid to deport Columbia student Mahdawi<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"582\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node>Froes ruled that the Trump administration had failed to meet the burden of proof and dismissed its evidence as inadmissible. Last month, Froes was fired by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"582\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node>The Board of Immigration Appeals, part of the Department of Justice\u2019s Executive Office for Immigration Review, overturned Froes\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"582\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node>In a statement cited by the Reuters news agency on Wednesday, Mahdawi accused the Trump administration of weaponising the immigration system to silence his advocacy for Palestinian rights.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"582\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node>\u201cThe government is trying to punish and deport me, a stateless Palestinian refugee from the occupied West Bank, because it opposes my peaceful advocacy for human dignity and equal rights for Palestinians. But I remain unafraid and faithful that justice will prevail in America and in Palestine,\u201d he said, in the statement shared by his legal team.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"582\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node>Mahdawi was arrested last year during an interview with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He was detained for two weeks and not charged with a crime. His legal team said he was arrested under an obscure legal provision that allows Secretary of State Marco Rubio to seek the deportation of individuals deemed to pose \u201cadverse foreign policy consequences\u201d for the US.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"198\" data-end=\"582\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node>Trump has cracked down on \u2060pro-Palestinian movements by attempting to deport foreign protesters, threatening to freeze funds for universities where protests were held and scrutinising immigrants\u2019 online speech.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"420\">Experts and activists have accused his administration of stifling free speech \u2060and academic freedom. The crackdown also faced legal and judicial roadblocks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"678\" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node>In March, the Trump administration filed a lawsuit against Harvard University worth billions of dollars after accusing the institution of violating the civil rights of Jewish and Israeli students in the aftermath of Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi accuses government of weaponising the immigration system to silence his advocacy for Palestinian rights. The United States Board of Immigration Appeals has reinstated \u2060deportation proceedings against Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi, according to a court filing from his lawyers. 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