Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi wins deportation case in immigration court docket

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A Palestinian activist accused of constructing antisemitic statements and main anti-Israel protests at Columbia College will not be deported from the U.S., an immigration decide has dominated, in accordance with reviews.

Decide Nina Froes decided on Feb. 13 that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) didn't present adequate admissible proof to ascertain that Mohsen Mahdawi was detachable, Reuters reported.

Froes stated DHS relied partly on a memorandum purportedly signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio however did not authenticate the doc.

Because of this, the federal government was unable to "meet its burden of proving removability," in accordance with Reuters.

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Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi is not going to be deported after Immigration Decide Nina Froes dominated the federal government failed to supply adequate proof. (Amanda Swinhart / AP )

Mahdawi’s attorneys shared the choice Tuesday in a submitting with the U.S. Court docket of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York, which has been reviewing a previous ruling that led to his launch from immigration custody in April 2025.

Mahdawi, 34, had been detained at that time throughout a citizenship appointment in Vermont and spent greater than two weeks in custody. He was later launched on bail after submitting a habeas petition.

A federal decide ordered that he not be deported or faraway from the state and was launched underneath an order issued by U.S. District Decide Geoffrey Crawford in Burlington.

In line with the 2025 court docket submitting, Mahdawi co-founded the Palestinian Student Union at Columbia after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist assault. He based the group with Mahmoud Khalil.

Mahdawi's deportation case additionally stems partly from allegations relationship again to 2015, when he was interviewed by the FBI after reportedly making antisemitic remarks at a Vermont gun retailer and a firearms museum.

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Mohsen Mahdawi, accused of antisemitic statements and main Columbia College protests, wins deportation case after decide finds proof inadequate. (REUTERS/Ryan Murphy)

In line with court docket paperwork beforehand cited by Fox News Digital , the shop proprietor stated Mahdawi expressed curiosity in buying firearms, together with a sniper rifle and an automated weapon.

The proprietor claimed he had expertise constructing modified 9mm submachine weapons "to kill Jews whereas he was in Palestine."

The proprietor additionally alleged that Mahdawi said at a museum in Windsor, " I like to kill Jews. " Mahdawi has denied making antisemitic feedback or expressing violent intent.

On the time, Division of Homeland Safety spokesperson, Trish McLaughlin stated in a press release, "Because the media works extra time to glorify a ringleader of the Columbia pro-terrorist riots, court docket paperwork present Mahdawi allegedly informed a gun store proprietor that he had appreciable firearms expertise and he ‘used to kill Jews'."

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Columbia College graduate pupil Mahmoud Khalil attends a rally to welcome him house after being launched from immigration custody, outdoors the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York Metropolis, U.S., June 22, 2025. REUTERS/Angelina Katsanis (REUTERS/Angelina Katsanis)

Mahdawi's protection staff has stated federal brokers carried out a radical investigation and located "no proof" supporting the allegations.

In a press release Tuesday, Mahdawi stated he was grateful for the court docket’s ruling.

"I'm grateful to the court docket for honoring the rule of regulation and holding the road in opposition to the federal government’s makes an attempt to trample on due course of," he stated.

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"This choice is a crucial step in direction of upholding what worry tried to destroy: the proper to talk for peace and justice. Practically a yr in the past, I used to be detained at my citizenship interview not for breaking the regulation however for talking in opposition to the genocide of Palestinians," Mahdawi added.

Fox Information Digital has reached out to the Division of Homeland Safety for remark.

Emma Bussey is a breaking information author for Fox Information Digital. Earlier than becoming a member of Fox, she labored at The Telegraph with the U.S. in a single day staff, throughout desks together with international, politics, information, sport and tradition.