Detained Columbia student: US 'first place I have experienced' freedom

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Mahdawi, a green-card holder currently being held in the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans, Vt., was looking to become a citizen after living in the U.S. for 10 years.
49% : This is the first place I have experienced this freedom of speech where I will not be actually retaliated against or punished for saying my mind," Mahdawi told NPR's "Morning Edition" in the first full interview of a detained international student under President Trump's crackdown.
46% : Columbia University student and Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi, who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during what was supposed to be a naturalization interview, says his arrest should be "a red flag" to Americans who value their freedom as much as he does.
34% : Mahdawi, who has denounced antisemitism multiple times, accuses the government of weaponizing it to attack higher education.
23% : Since Trump began his second term, at least dozens of foreign students and faculty have been arrested under allegations they threaten the foreign policy of the United States and the fight against antisemitism.

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