A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his U.

U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford in Burlington, Vermont, issued the ruling after a hearing on the detention of Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal resident who has held a green card since 2015. He was

A Vermont judge ordered the release of Columbia student and activist Mohsen Mahdawi from federal detention, where he was held after a naturalization interview turned into an ICE arrest.