Palestinian student released on bail as he challenges deportation from US – Middle East Monitor

Columbia University student, Mohsen Mahdawi, was released from US immigration custody on Wednesday, after a judge ruled that he should be allowed to challenge the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him over his participation in pro-Palestinian protests while free on bail, Reuters reports.

Mahdawi, born and raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank, was arrested earlier this month upon arriving for an interview for his US citizenship petition. A judge…