Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident, led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28614633

By PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER
Updated 6:04 PM EDT, April 14, 2025

"A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University was arrested Monday at a Vermont immigration office where he expected to be interviewed about finalizing his U.S. citizenship, his attorneys said.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident who has held a green card since 2015, was detained at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, his lawyers said. "

  • Tempus Fugit@midwest.socialEnglish
    2·
    5 months ago

    Weird how conservatives with a hate boner for feds are so silent. Who could have guessed they’re all bark and no bite?

    Want to scare the shit out of conservatives and these illegal feds? Buy a gun and learn to use it. An armed public is a safer public. Remember it took black folks arming and protecting their own for the Republicans to attempt any gun restrictions.

      • Tempus Fugit@midwest.socialEnglish
        0·
        5 months ago

        Plenty of white leftish folks don’t own guns. If they and every other minority were packing, fascists would be saying, “it’s alright cause they ain’t Right.”

        • MuskyMelon@lemmy.world
          1·
          5 months ago

          I meant that the deportees to the tropical gulag aren’t white so the conservatives have nothing to protest.

    • Stovetop@lemmy.world
      1·
      5 months ago

      It was never about big government versus small government. Big government was only a problem when it benefitted the “wrong” people.