40 h. ago Turkish Tufts University student detained by ICE can be sent to Vermont, appeals court rules

A federal appeals court on Wednesday granted a judge’s order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England for hearings to determine whether her rights were violated

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67 h. ago Appeals court to hear cases of 2 university students, one detained, the other recently released

A federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments in the cases of a Turkish Tufts University student who's been detained by immigration authorities for six weeks and a Palestinian student at Columbia University who was recently released from detention

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3 d. ago Detained Tufts student seeking transfer says asthma attacks worsened in custody

A Turkish Tufts University student says her asthma attacks continue to worsen since being detained in March

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5 d. ago ‘What is left of our democracy?’: freed Palestinian human rights advocate warns of US authoritarian rule

Mohsen Mahdawi, student detained by Ice last month, pens blistering attack on Trump’s deportation policiesMohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian green-card holder and Columbia University student freed on Wednesday after more than two weeks in immigration detention, has issued a stark warning about the US’s descent into authoritarianism.“Once the repression of dissent, in the name of security, becomes a key objective of a government, authoritarian rule and even martial law are not far off. When they look at my case, all Americans should ask themselves: what is left of our democracy, and who will be targeted next?” said Mahddawi in an op-ed for the New York Times. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi freed after federal judge orders release

Palestinian, a lawful permanent US resident, was detained and ordered deported despite not being charged with crimeUS politics live – latest updatesMohsen Mahdawi has walked out of immigration detention after a federal judge in Vermont ordered his release. The Palestinian green-card holder and student at Columbia University had been detained and ordered deported by the Trump administration on 14 April despite not being charged with a crime.“The two weeks of detention so far demonstrate great harm to a person who has been charged with no crime,” said Geoffrey Crawford, a US district judge, at a hearing on Wednesday, according to ABC News. “Mr Mahdawi, I will order you released.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Federal judge in Vermont orders release of Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi

Mahdawi, a lawful permanent US resident, was detained and ordered deported by the Trump administration despite not being charged with a crimeUS politics live – latest updatesA federal judge in Vermont ordered the release of Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green-card holder and student at Columbia University who was detained and ordered deported by the Trump administration on 14 April despite not being charged with a crime.“The two weeks of detention so far demonstrate great harm to a person who has been charged with no crime,” said Geoffrey Crawford, a US district judge, at a hearing Wednesday, according to ABC News. “Mr Mahdawi, I will order you released.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago 24 people banned from Carnival cruises after massive brawl breaks out while docked for customs

‘We will not tolerate such behavior,’ tour operator says after group placed on ‘Do Not Sail’ list in response to violence at Texas terminal

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8 d. ago Dozens banned from Carnival cruises after massive brawl breaks out while docked for customs

‘We will not tolerate such behavior,’ tour operator says after group placed on ‘Do Not Sail’ list in response to violence at Texas terminal

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2 w. ago Judge orders bail hearing for detained student Mohsen Mahdawi next week

Palestinian green-card holder was arrested by US immigration authorities in Vermont on 14 AprilMohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green-card holder and student at Columbia University who was detained by the Trump administration on 14 April, will have a hearing next week on his request for release on bail, a federal judge decided on Wednesday.Judge Geoffrey W Crawford extended a temporary restraining order issued by a separate judge last week to keep Mahdawi in Vermont. Immigration authorities have sent other foreign students arrested for their pro-Palestinian views to detention centers in Louisiana and Texas, jurisdictions typically overseen by more conservative judges. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Columbia student activist detained by ICE was denied leave for the birth of his son, wife says

Mahmoud Khalil remains inside a Louisiana detention center as the Trump administration fights for his removal from the country

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2 w. ago Indonesian student detained by Ice after US secretly revokes his visa

Aditya Wahyu Harsono, father of infant with special needs, surprised at work despite valid visa through June 2026An Indonesian father of an infant with special needs, who was detained by federal agents at his hospital workplace in Minnesota after his student visa was secretly revoked, will remain in custody after an immigration judge ruled Thursday that his case can proceed.Judge Sarah Mazzie denied a motion to dismiss the case against Aditya Wahyu Harsono on humanitarian grounds, according to his attorney. Harsono, 33, was arrested four days after his visa was revoked without notice. He is scheduled for another hearing on 1 May. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Judge orders Tufts University student in detention case to be brought to Vermont

A federal judge has ordered that a Turkish Tufts University student who was detained by immigration authorities in March to be brought to Vermont

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3 w. ago ‘We are the victims’: College student detained in Denmark after Uber brawl breaks silence

Owen Ray, 19, and his friend are now stranded in Denmark after having their passports seized following an alleged Uber brawl earlier this month

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3 w. ago US college students detained in Denmark after alleged Uber driver dispute

Two students traveling on spring break were arrested and charged with assault in Copenhagen, police sayTwo American college students traveling for spring break were arrested in Copenhagen, charged with assault, and held in a Danish prison for two weeks following an alleged dispute with an Uber driver, Danish police said.The family of Owen Ray, a 19-year-old studying at Miami University in Ohio, said he and an unnamed friend have been forced to forfeit their passports and remain in the country. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mohsen Mahdawi, Palestinian green card holder and Columbia student, detained by Ice

Mahdawi was at a naturalization interview in Vermont when he was taken in move his lawyers say is ‘retaliation’Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green card holder and student at Columbia University, was apprehended by US immigration authorities in Vermont on Monday, according to his lawyers and a video of the incident.Mahdawi, who was a leader of the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia last spring, was arrested by Ice on Monday morning in Colchester, Vermont, while he was attending a naturalization interview, his lawyer said in a statement to the Guardian. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Judge in Vermont considers whether he has jurisdiction of detained Tufts University student's case

A federal judge in Vermont who's considering whether he has jurisdiction over the case of a Turkish Tufts University student detained by immigration officials has raised the idea of having her brought back to his court for a hearing

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3 w. ago Two American college students jailed in Denmark for allegedly fighting with Uber driver

Owen Ray’s mother fears for her son, as she claims he and his friend are being ‘locked up 23 hours a day’ in a Copenhagen jail

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3 w. ago Why Trump is jailing student activists in Louisiana, where thousands of immigrants are detained in private prisons

Inside the state’s sprawling and remote ICE detention centers, immigrants feel like they’re ‘screaming into a void’ thousands of miles from home, lawyers and advocates tell Alex Woodward

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