Appeals Court Reverses Decision That Released Pro Palestinian Activist Mohsen Mahdawi A federal appeals court in New York City has overturned a lower court's ruling that ordered the release of Mohsen Mahdawi, a 35 year old Columbia University graduate and activist who had been fighting deportation for over a year.
The reversal is a setback not just for Mahdawi but also represents a worrying trend: the government's increasing willingness to use immigration courts as a tool for silencing dissent.
The case mirrors that of Mahmoud Khalil, another former classmate at Columbia University, whose appellate panel ruling earlier this year garnered little attention from mainstream media.