Detained activist suspected US immigration interview was a trap

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian activist and Columbia University philosophy student with permanent US residency, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) when he arrived for a citizenship interview that he had previously worried might be a trap. His lawyer, Luna Droubi, claims the arrest was retaliatory for his Palestinian advocacy and unconstitutional. Two other campus activists, Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk, have also been detained, with a federal judge ordering that Mahdawi not be removed from Vermont while the others are held in Louisiana.