Customs & Immigration

Federal lawyers bring out new allegations against Mahdawi, which he and his attorneys refute.

Speaking to NPR in his first media interview since his detention, lawful permanent U.S. resident Mohsen Mahdawi finds peace in meditation and hopes "America will fulfill its promise."

A federal judge in Vermont had ordered immigration officials to return the Tufts doctoral student to his court by May 1.

Los agentes de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza de los Estados Unidos arrestaron y detuvieron a ocho trabajadores en Pleasant Valley Farms el lunes, según los dueños de la granja lechera y una organización que representa a los trabajadores agrícolas migrantes.

Immigration experts and state officials say it’s unclear whether the detention of eight people in Berkshire on Monday foreshadows more aggressive enforcement activities on the Vermont dairy farms that employ an estimated 750 to 850 migrant workers.

At a hearing Wednesday, a federal court judge said he would consider Mahdawi's potential release next week. Mahdawi is a student at Columbia University who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Colchester following a citizenship interview this month.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrested and detained eight workers at Pleasant Valley Farms on Monday, according to the dairy farm owners and an organization that represents migrant farmworkers.

Mohsen Mahdawi met Monday with U.S. Sen. Peter Welch. He said he's staying positive by reassuring himself in the ability of justice and the deep belief of democracy.

Mahdawi’s friends in the Upper Valley say he’s an extrovert who connected with people at Dirt Cowboy Cafe in Hanover and Dan & Whit’s in Norwich, at bonfires at his cabin, at seders and church services, and on hikes.

The arrests of Mohsen Mahdawi and Rümeysa Öztürk, two legal US residents who advocated for ending the war in Gaza, has raised questions about Vermont's involvement in federal immigration enforcement.