BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A federal judge is scheduled to consider a request Wednesday to immediately release a Palestinian man who led in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship.

莫森·馬哈達維的律師說，擁有10年合法永久居民身份的他于4月14日在佛蒙特州科爾切斯特市的美國公民及移民服務局辦公室被移民和海關執(zhí)法局特工逮捕。他被拘留在圣奧爾本斯西北州立監(jiān)獄。

馬哈達維的律師說，他被拘留是為了報復他為巴勒斯坦人權發(fā)表的言論。

他們在周二提交給法庭的一份文件中表示：“我們要求法院暫停這種非法報復，通過保釋釋放馬哈達維，減緩他繼續(xù)被拘留對言論自由構成的嚴重威脅?！?/p>

The government also filed a response Tuesday. U.S. District Court filings in Mahdawi’s case, with the exception of judicial orders, are not publicly available online. A representative of Mahdawi and a Justice Department lawyer did not immediately respond to an emailed request for the document Wednesday morning.

Mahdawi出席了他的采訪,回答問題,并簽署了一份文件,他愿意捍衛(wèi)美國的憲法和法律。

“這是一個陷阱，”他的律師說。

They said masked ICE agents entered the interview room, shackled Mahdawi, and put him in a car. A judge later issued an order barring the government from removing him from the state or country.

馬哈達維的律師說，他仍被安排在5月1日路易斯安那州移民法庭的聽證會上。His notice to appear says he is removable under the Immigration and Nationality Act because the Secretary of State has determined his presence and activities "would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences and would compromise a compelling U.S. foreign policy interest.”

Last month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the State Department was revoking visas held by visitors who were acting counter to national interests, including some who protested Israel’s war in Gaza and those who face criminal charges.

According to the court filing, Mahdawi was born in a refugee camp in the West Bank and moved to the United States in 2014. 他最近完成了哥倫比亞大學的課程，預計將于今年5月畢業(yè)，然后在秋季開始攻讀碩士學位。

作為一名學生，馬哈達維直言不諱地批評加沙，并組織校園抗議活動，直到2024年3月。

U.S. Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont, a Democrat, i on Monday at the prison and posted a video account of their conversation on X. Mahdawi said he was "in good hands.” He said his work is centered on peacemaking and that his empathy extends beyond the Palestinian people to Jews and to the Israelis.

馬哈達維在韋爾奇的視頻中說：“我對正義的能力和對民主的堅定信念保持樂觀?！薄斑@就是我想成為這個國家公民的原因，因為我相信這個國家的原則?！?/p>

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美聯社作家凱西·麥科馬克（Kathy McCormack）在新罕布什爾的康科德為這篇報道做出了貢獻。