# Not So Fast on Campus Agitator Mahdawi’s Anticipated Deportation

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/not-so-fast-on-campus-agitator-mahdawis-anticipated-deportation/
- Published: 2026-07-22T18:47:08+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-28T05:20:20+00:00
- Original publisher: National Review (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/07/not-so-fast-on-campus-agitator-mahdawis-anticipated-deportation/
- Topics: Americas, Politics, World

## Key points

- Appeals court limits district-court intervention in Mahdawi’s removal case.
- The ruling does not order Mahdawi’s deportation.
- First Circuit may decide the central constitutional question.

## Summary

A US federal appeals court ruled that lower courts cannot use habeas corpus cases to intervene in Mohsen Mahdawi’s removal proceedings, reversing a Vermont district court’s approach. The decision does not, however, determine whether Mahdawi, a Columbia University student and lawful permanent resident, will ultimately be deported; that question remains before immigration authorities and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Trump administration began removal proceedings in April 2025 after Secretary of State Marco Rubio concluded that Mahdawi’s presence could have serious adverse foreign-policy consequences. The article says the central unresolved issue is whether a non-citizen may be removed for conduct that would receive First Amendment protection if undertaken by a US citizen; allegations of threats or incitement could alter that analysis. Mahdawi has been involved in pro-Palestinian campus activism, denies some allegations concerning his past, and his immigration case has not yet reached a final decision.

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