Judge Orders ICE To Release Columbia U Student

The Daily Beast reports:

A federal judge dealt a blow to the Trump administration and ordered it to release a Columbia University student who was arrested at his U.S. citizenship appointment.

Mohsen Mahdawi, 34, walked free Wednesday morning following two weeks in jail over accusations he harmed America’s foreign policy interests. His arrest April 14 came after Secretary of State Marco Rubio invoked a rarely used provision of immigration law, which gave Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem the green light to arrest foreign students in the name of national security.

Noem has cosplayed as an agent herself during raids. She shared a snap this week of her riding an ATV, and had previously trotted near the U.S. southern border on horseback. She often goes into the field glammed up in full makeup and a bulletproof vest, and has strongly backed Rubio’s push to end visas for foreign students whose demonstrations she perceives as anti-American.

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Kristi Noem got all glammed up again for a special photo-op—this one to mark President Donald Trump‘s first 100 days in office.https://t.co/FiteICtZLD

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 29, 2025