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Appeals court reverses decision that released pro-Palestinian Columbia activist Mohsen Mahdawi
The second circuit overturned the previous decision, saying the judge overstepped authority by intervening before it moved through the immigration court system
A federal appeals panel has reversed a lower court decision ordering the release of pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi, opening the door to the re-arrest of a student protest organizer whom the Trump administration has spent more than a year trying to deport.
Tuesday’s ruling from the second US circuit court of appeals in New York City overturns a previous decision by a federal judge in Vermont, which likened the government’s efforts to expel him and other activists to McCarthyist repression.
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Associated Press · Tue, Jul 21, 2026, 6:27 PM
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The second circuit overturned the previous decision, saying the judge overstepped authority by intervening before it moved through the immigration court system
A federal appeals panel has reversed a lower court decision ordering the release of pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi, opening the door to the re-arrest of a student protest organizer whom the Trump administration has spent more than a year trying to deport.
Tuesday’s ruling from the second US circuit court of appeals in New York City overturns a previous decision by a federal judge in Vermont, which likened the government’s efforts to expel him and other activists to McCarthyist repression.
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