律师们要求佛蒙特州联邦法官立即释放被拘留的巴勒斯坦活动人士

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·马哈达维的律师说，拥有10年合法永久居民身份的他于4月14日在佛蒙特州科尔切斯特市的美国公民及移民服务局办公室被移民和海关执法局特工逮捕。他被拘留在圣奥尔本斯西北州立监狱。

马哈达维的律师说，他被拘留是为了报复他为巴勒斯坦人权发表的言论。

他们在周二提交给法庭的一份文件中表示：“我们要求法院暂停这种非法报复，通过保释释放马哈达维，减缓他继续被拘留对言论自由构成的严重威胁。”

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出席了他的采访,回答问题,并签署了一份文件,他愿意捍卫美国的宪法和法律。

“这是一个陷阱，”他的律师说。

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.

马哈达维的律师说，他仍被安排在5月1日路易斯安那州移民法庭的听证会上。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. 他最近完成了哥伦比亚大学的课程，预计将于今年5月毕业，然后在秋季开始攻读硕士学位。

作为一名学生，马哈达维直言不讳地批评加沙，并组织校园抗议活动，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.

马哈达维在韦尔奇的视频中说：“我对正义的能力和对民主的坚定信念保持乐观。”“这就是我想成为这个国家公民的原因，因为我相信这个国家的原则。”

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美联社作家凯西·麦科马克（Kathy McCormack）在新罕布什尔的康科德为这篇报道做出了贡献。