Mohsen Mahdawi, a 34-year-old U.S. permanent resident who was raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank, was detained during his April 14 naturalization interview in Vermont.

Columbia University student and DHS detainee Mohsen Mahdawi was released from federal custody Wednesday after a judge ordered it for the outspoken critic of Israel's war in Gaza. The judge ruled Mahdawi,

The Columbia student, who was arrested during his naturalization interview, was freed from government custody after a federal judge in Vermont ordered his release. The judge reportedly compared his detention to the treatment of immigrants during the Red Scare.