Grad Students being disappeared by ICE, Visas repealed by Rubio
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Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident, has lived in the United States for 10 years and was arrested in Vermont. He has not been charged with a crime.
“… His lawyers requested a temporary restraining order to prevent federal officials from transferring him to a more conservative jurisdiction — a tactic used in the detention and attempted deportation of at least four other college demonstrators.
A Vermont federal judge, William K. Sessions III, swiftly granted that request, ordering that Mr. Mahdawi, an outspoken critic of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, not be removed from the United States or transferred out of Vermont until he orders otherwise.
His lawyers said that as of Monday afternoon, they had confirmed that he was still in Vermont.
… Mr. Mahdawi has not been accused of a crime.
According to his lawyers, the Trump administration appears to be seeking his removal from the country under the same legal provision that it is using to detain another recent Columbia student and Palestinian, Mahmoud Khalil, contending that his presence is a threat to the foreign policy and national security interests of the United States.
Immigration officials have argued that pro-Palestinian demonstrators have enabled the spread of antisemitism, but they have not offered evidence to substantiate the claim. …”
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“… But Mr. Mahdawi took a step back from student organizing in March 2024, before the establishment of encampments on campus and the takeover of a campus building, Hamilton Hall. In interviews at the time, he said this was driven in part by his immigration status and his beliefs as a practicing Buddhist. For two years, he was the president of the Columbia University Buddhist Association.
He spoke publicly about his experience as a child seeing his best friend killed by an Israeli soldier, mentioning it during a “60 Minutes” interview in December 2023. But he also said he wanted a peaceful end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“My motivation comes out of love now, not out of anger, not out of hate,” he said in an interview.
As with Mr. Khalil, several hard-line pro-Israel groups have been agitating online for Mr. Mahdawi’s detention and deportation since President Trump’s return to the White House. …”
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Germany wants to expel four pro-Palestine activists: What you should know
The US citizen and three European nationals who face expulsion have not been convicted of any crime.
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Judge says UW-Madison international student with terminated visa can't be deported for now
A federal judge barred the government from taking any action against a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering student from India.
Judge says UW-Madison international student with terminated visa can't be deported for now
A federal judge barred the government from taking any action against a University of Wisconsin-Madison engineering student from India.
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“… The April 15 order prevents the Department of Homeland Security from revoking the student visa or detaining Krish Lal Isserdasani, 21, who was expected to graduate with a bachelor's degree in computer engineering in early May.
The request for a temporary restraining order was brought by Madison attorney Shabnam Lotfi after Isserdasani's record was terminated in the government's Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVIS) database.
… "He was given no warning, no opportunity to explain or defend himself, and no chance to correct any potential misunderstanding before his F-1 student visa record was terminated in SEVIS," the order said.
Judge William Conley of the Western District of Wisconsin handed down the order, saying Isserdasani was not convicted of a crime, and his claim of wrongful visa termination had a "reasonable likelihood of success" in the courts. He set a preliminary injunction hearing for April 28. …”
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Iowa State graduate's visa was terminated over traffic stop
“… Hamidreza Khademi, 34, of Iran … graduated with a master’s degree in architecture from Iowa State University in 2023 and had been working on an employment extension of his student visa overseeing infrastructure projects at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
Khademi was arrested in February 2024 after an officer tried to pull him over, saying Khademi didn’t use his turn signal while changing lanes, according to the order. Khademi said he did not know the officer wanted him to stop.
The Texas Department of Public Safety determined there was no violation, according to the order. No charges were filed. Khademi had no other other interactions with law enforcement.
An email from Iowa State on April 10 informed him of the visa termination. It cited the same reason as Isserdasani’s and said his employment permit ended immediately.
The loss of his salary has created a “catastrophic financial hardship” for his family, the order said. His wife, pregnant with their first child, is due this summer.
In the order, Conley questioned whether Khademi’s claim was filed in the right court, because he seemed to have no ties to the court’s jurisdiction of western Wisconsin. He declined to rule on the motion for a temporary restraining order for Khademi, asking both parties to file additional briefs by April 16. …”
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Naturalized brown American arrested and processed without criminal evidence.
The Gestapo progression:
- illegal aliens who are criminals
- illegal aliens without a criminal record
- legal immigrants without a criminal record
- F-1. J-1 Visa holders without a criminal record
- Green card holders without a criminal record
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