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<p><span style="font-weight:400">A federal immigration judge on Wednesday ordered the deportation of Mohsen Mahdawi, an anti-Israel activist and Columbia University graduate who has become a target of the Trump administration’s crackdown on foreign students accused of supporting terrorist organizations. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Mahdawi, a Vermont resident originally from the Judea and Samaria area, was ordered removed to Jordan after abandoning his asylum claim, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/10/mohsen-mahdawi-columbia-deportation-00957506?utm_source=dlvr.it&;utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Politico.</a> He has appealed the ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. </span></p>
<p>The activist first drew national attention in March 2025 when Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested him during a citizenship interview.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Two weeks later, a district court judge released </span><span style="font-weight:400">Mahdawi. In February 2026, </span><span style="font-weight:400">his deportation case was dismissed, but the federal government appealed the decision.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">In April, the Board of Immigration Appeals reinstated removal proceedings against Mahdawi, according to a letter from his attorneys </span><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.9122336d-3eb3-4022-aba2-4f11ea8a7dfd/gov.uscourts.ca2.9122336d-3eb3-4022-aba2-4f11ea8a7dfd.232.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">obtained by Politico.</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> After Mahdawi abandoned his asylum claim, an immigration judge ordered him removed from the United States.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">According to the American Civil Liberties Union, the Trump administration argued that Mahdawi’s activism was “</span><a href="https://www.mynbc5.com/article/mohsen-mahdawi-appeals-deportation/71550841" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">harmful to U.S. foreign policy.”</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Mahdawi attended Columbia University, where he co-founded the Palestinian Student Union with Mahmoud Khalil, another anti-Israel activist detained and facing deportation, </span><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/10/mohsen-mahdawi-columbia-deportation-00957506?utm_source=dlvr.it&;utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">according to Politico. </span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">“I come from a refugee camp in Palestine, where my family still resides. I know what it means to live without rights, without voice, without safety. America was the first place I ever felt true freedom and dignity,” Mahdawi </span><a href="https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/mohsen-mahdawi-appeals-retaliatory-ruling-from-board-of-immigration-appeals-to-federal-appeals-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">said in a statement.</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">“For over a decade, I have built my life here, loved this community, and chosen this country’s ideals as my own. When a government weaponizes immigration to punish speech, millions of immigrants and citizens feel that blow,” he added. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">Mahdawi’s detention was part of a broader Trump administration effort targeting foreign college students accused of expressing support for designated terrorist organizations. The State Department has also revoked thousands of student visas.</span></p>
<p>The administration is separately pursuing the deportation of Khalil.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">“Khalil led activities aligned to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization,” then-DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anti-israel-activist-detained-by-ice-led-activities-aligned-to-hamas-trumps-dhs-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight:400">announced</span></a><span style="font-weight:400"> last year.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400">“It is a privilege, not a right, to be in this country to live or to study,” she added. “And if you are pushing propaganda that relishes the killings of Americans or promotes terrorists, the door’s that way.”</span></p>
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Columbia Anti-Israel Activist Ordered Deported
