US Authoritarianism: Palestinian Student Freed After Detention | JQJO

Palestinian human rights advocate Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University student, was released from immigration detention after two weeks. Detained by ICE under the Trump administration, he faced deportation without due process for his advocacy. Mahdawi's case, highlighted in a New York Times op-ed, warns of a descent into authoritarianism in the US, citing the suppression of dissent and the targeting of those critical of Israeli policy. A judge criticized the Trump administration's actions, comparing them to the McCarthy era. Mahdawi, released on bail, vows to continue his activism.