Palestinian Mohsen Mahdawi Released From Prison as Judge Likens His Imprisonment to McCarthyist Suppression

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "The wheel of history has come around again, but as before these times of excess will pass." Mahdawi, a green card holder who has lived in the U.S. for a decade, was seized by federal immigration agents two weeks ago after officials called him in for what was supposedly the final interview for him to attain citizenship.
38% : "I am saying it clear and loud to President Trump and his Cabinet: I am not afraid of you," he said after his release. Palestinian Columbia University student activist Mohsen Mahdawi was freed from federal custody on Wednesday after a Vermont judge ordered his release, condemning the Trump administration's McCarthyist tactics in its targeted attack on advocates for Palestinian rights across the U.S. "I am saying it clear and loud to President Trump and his Cabinet: I am not afraid of you," Mahdawi told a crowd of supporters outside of the courthouse after his release, donning a keffiyeh.

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