Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“A university student and Palestinian activist [abducted] by US immigration authorities was worried that an American citizenship interview was a trap. Mohsen Mahdawi, who has permanent US residency or ‘green card’ status, was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) when he turned up to the appointment on Monday. One day before his arrest he told CBS News that he believed the interview could be a setup. ‘It’s the first feeling of like, I’ve been waiting for this for more than a year,’ Mr Mahdawi said. ‘And the other feeling is like, wait a minute. Is this a honey trap?’ Mr Mahdawi, a philosophy student at Columbia University in New York City who was due to graduate next month, was [abducted] in Colchester, Vermont. Mr Mahdawi’s lawyer, Luna Droubi, said he was arrested ‘in direct retaliation for his advocacy on behalf of Palestinians and because of his identity as a Palestinian.'” (04/16/25)