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Another pro-Palestine Columbia protestor detained by ICE, Sanders and Dems outraged
Another pro-Palestine Columbia student protester was detained by federal immigration authorities in Vermont on Monday, amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on alleged Hamas sympathizers who pose potential threats to national security.
Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian-born green card holder living in Vermont, was detained while attending an immigration interview at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office in Colchester, Vermont, according to a court filing challenging his arrest.
The arrest has been condemned as «immoral» and «illegal» by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont.
The Trump administration has been cracking down on widespread antisemitism on college campuses, following years of pro-Hamas and pro-Palestinian protests disrupting classes across the country.
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Another pro-Palestine Columbia student protester was detained by federal immigration authorities in Vermont on Monday, amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on alleged Hamas sympathizers who pose potential threats to national security. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images AP Images)
A video posted to social media on Monday appeared to show Mahdawi being escorted out of the building in handcuffs by law enforcement officials, including one wearing a jacket identifying him as a Homeland Security Investigations agent.
The Department of Homeland Security and ICE did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
According to the court filing, Mahdawi co-founded the Palestinian Student Union at Columbia in the fall of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack. He founded the group with Mahmoud Khalil, another pro-Palestinian activist who was detained by federal immigration officials under the Trump administration earlier this year.
The document says that Mahdawi was studying philosophy at Columbia and expected to graduate from the university in May. It also says that Mahdawi was an organizer of the protests at Columbia until he stepped back from leadership this March. The filing claims that he is a «lawful permanent resident» of the United States.
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Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil talks to the press during the press briefing organized by Pro-Palestinian protesters who set up a new encampment at Columbia University’s Morningside Heights campus on Friday evening, in New York City, United States on June 01, 2024. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
U.S. District Judge William Sessions ruled on Monday that Mahdawi cannot be removed from the U.S. or the state of Vermont pending further court review.
Mahdawi’s arrest was summarily condemned by Vermont’s two U.S. senators, Bernie Sanders, who identifies as an independent, and Peter Welch, a Democrat, as well as the state’s sole member of Congress Rep. Becca Balint, a Democrat.
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The three issued a joint statement on Monday identifying Mahdawi as a resident of White River Junction, Vermont.
The statement said Mahdawi walked into an immigration office for «what was supposed to be the final step in his citizenship process» and was instead «arrested and removed in handcuffs by plainclothes, armed, individuals with their faces covered.»
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A student protester waves a large Palestinian flag at their encampment on the Columbia University campus, Monday, April 29, 2024, in New York. Protesters of the war in Gaza who are encamped at Columbia University have defied a deadline to disband with chants, clapping and drumming. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
The statement claimed, «these individuals refused to provide any information as to where he was being taken or what would happen to him.»
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«This is immoral, inhumane, and illegal,» said the three. «Mr. Mahdawi, a legal resident of the United States, must be afforded due process under the law and immediately released from detention.»
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Un operativo en Ecuador dejó 13 detenidos y evidenció la presencia de bandas criminales
Un operativo de gran escala en el cantón Durán dejó como saldo 13 personas detenidas, tras un despliegue de 300 policías y militares que allanaron más de 30 viviendas en el sector conocido como El Arbolito. La intervención, liderada por el Bloque de Seguridad, tuvo como objetivo desmantelar las estructuras de bandas narcocriminales que operan en esta zona considerada una de las más conflictivas del país.
Según el reporte oficial del Ministerio de Defensa Nacional, entre los aprehendidos se encuentran cuatro individuos con antecedentes penales por delitos graves como asesinato, tráfico de sustancias ilícitas y robo. Además, fueron aislados dos menores de edad durante la operación. Entre los elementos incautados constan seis armas de fuego, cinco cartuchos, radios de comunicación, cámaras de videovigilancia y nueve motocicletas que habrían sido utilizadas para actividades delictivas.
La operación contó con la presencia de los ministros de Defensa Nacional, Gian Carlo Loffredo, y del Interior, John Reimberg, quienes supervisaron en sitio el desarrollo de las acciones y ratificaron el respaldo del Gobierno a las fuerzas del orden en su lucha contra las mafias que intentan consolidarse en Durán. Durante su intervención, Loffredo destacó la colaboración de la ciudadanía a través de las llamadas al número de emergencias 131, señalando que en 2024 se recibieron más de 31.000 reportes, muchos de ellos provenientes de este cantón.
“Invito a la ciudadanía a continuar apoyando al Bloque de Seguridad a través de las llamadas al 131 y ser parte de él”, manifestó el ministro Loffredo durante su visita al sector intervenido.
El operativo responde a la estrategia gubernamental de atacar frontalmente a los grupos de delincuencia organizada que mantienen en zozobra a Durán. Entre las bandas señaladas en el boletín se encuentran los Chone Killers –que gobiernan en la zona–, los Latin Kings –que disputan con la banda anterior el territorio– y Los Águilas, cuyos miembros han sido asociados con una serie de delitos violentos que van desde homicidios hasta tráfico de drogas.
Durán, ubicado en la provincia del Guayas, ha sido catalogado como uno de los puntos más críticos de la violencia en Ecuador. Su cercanía con Guayaquil y su localización estratégica lo han convertido en un territorio codiciado por bandas criminales que buscan controlar rutas de tráfico de drogas y otros negocios ilícitos. A ello se suma la debilidad institucional local, el alto crecimiento poblacional y las condiciones de pobreza que facilitan la expansión de las organizaciones delincuenciales.
En los últimos años, la situación en Durán se ha deteriorado progresivamente. Reportes oficiales y de medios nacionales han registrado un aumento en los homicidios intencionales, extorsiones y enfrentamientos armados. Familias enteras han sido desplazadas de sus hogares por amenazas de bandas, y sectores como El Arbolito se habían transformado en áreas de alto riesgo, donde las guaridas criminales eran utilizadas como centros de operaciones.
Las autoridades aseguraron que este tipo de operativos continuarán reforzándose, no solo en Durán, sino también en otras localidades afectadas por la violencia estructural. La estrategia contempla el fortalecimiento de la presencia militar y policial, así como acciones de inteligencia y cooperación ciudadana para identificar y neutralizar a los cabecillas y operadores logísticos de los grupos delictivos.
El Ministerio de Defensa reiteró en su comunicado que se mantendrán las intervenciones en las zonas más conflictivas. Aunque reconocen que los resultados no serán inmediatos, sostienen que el trabajo conjunto entre fuerzas del orden y ciudadanía permitirá debilitar el poder de las organizaciones criminales que han sembrado el terror en cantones como Durán.
El despliegue de seguridad realizado el 17 de abril de 2025 marca uno de los esfuerzos más contundentes de los últimos meses en la provincia del Guayas, donde la violencia sigue siendo uno de los principales retos para el Estado ecuatoriano.
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A Washington, D.C.-based federal judge on Friday temporarily halted the Trump administration’s planned mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau (CFPB), shortly after an appeals court narrowed her earlier injunction.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s order temporarily blocks the terminations, which would have slashed the bureau’s workforce by roughly 90%, as she weighs whether the planned layoffs violate her earlier injunction.
Her order comes after plaintiffs in the case, which include the CFPB Employee Association and other labor entities, accused the government of violating her earlier injunction. The plaintiffs alleged these layoffs would take place on Friday evening.
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U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson’s order comes after plaintiffs in the case, which include the CFPB Employee Association and other labor entities, accused the government of violating her earlier injunction. (Getty Images)
Jackson noted on Friday that the agency was slated to carry out a reduction in force, or RIF, of roughly 1,400 employees — which would have left just several hundred in place.
Jackson said that within several days of an appeals order narrowing her initial injunction, CFPB employees were told the agency would do «exactly what it was told not to do,» which was to carry out a RIF.
«I’m willing to resolve it quickly, but I’m not going to let this RIF go forward until I have,» she said during the Friday hearing, noting that she is «deeply concerned, given the scope and scope of action.»
Justice Department lawyers had sought to appeal Jackson’s order earlier this year, arguing in a filing that the injunction «improperly intrudes on the executive [branch’s] authority» and goes «far beyond what is lawful.»
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Jackson blocked the administration from moving forward with any layoffs or from cutting off employees’ access to computers at the bureau until she has time to hear from the officials in question later this month.
«We’re not going to disperse» more than 1,400 employees «into the universe… until we have determined that is lawful or not,» Jackson said.
She proceeded to then set an April 28 hearing date to hear testimony from officials slated to carry out the RIF procedures.
A Washington, D.C.-based federal judge temporarily halted the Trump administration’s planned mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protections Bureau on Friday, shortly after an appeals court narrowed her earlier injunction. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The plaintiffs in the suit filed their legal challenge in D.C. district court in early February seeking a temporary restraining order after the Trump administration moved to severely downsize the bureau.
The court issued a preliminary injunction in late March, finding that the plaintiffs would likely succeed on the merits.
The order directed the government to «rehire all terminated employees, reinstate all terminated contracts, and refrain from engaging in reductions-in-force or attempting to stop work through any means.»
The Trump administration appealed the order shortly thereafter.
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The order directed the government to «rehire all terminated employees, reinstate all terminated contracts, and refrain from engaging in reductions-in-force or attempting to stop work through any means.» (Getty Images)
The Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit stayed Jackson’s order only in part, staying the provision dictating that the government must rehire the terminated employees.
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The appeals court also stayed the provision of the order prohibiting the government from «terminating or issuing a notice of reduction» to employees the administration deemed «to be unnecessary to the performance of defendant’s statutory duties.»
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Trump says US will ‘take a pass’ on Ukraine peace efforts if Russia refuses to play ball
President Donald Trump on Friday said the U.S. will «just take a pass» at peace efforts for Ukraine if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to agree to ceasefire terms.
«If for some reason, one of the two parties makes it very difficult, we’re just going to say ‘you’re foolish, you’re fools, you’re horrible people,’ and we’re going to just take a pass,» Trump told reporters. «But hopefully we won’t have to do that.»
The president’s comments echoed those made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio early Friday morning following a meeting in Paris with special envoy Steve Witkoff and French President Emmanuel Macron, as well as officials from Ukraine, Germany and the U.K. — the first meeting of its kind, which signaled greater European involvement in U.S. efforts to secure a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire.
President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for Dr. Mehmet Oz, right, as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday.
RUBIO SAYS US READY TO ‘MOVE ON’ WITHIN DAYS IF NO PROGRESS MADE ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE PEACE DEAL
While Ukraine has agreed to both full and interim ceasefire proposals, Russia has delayed any agreement for weeks, though it is for the most part still believed to be adhering to a 30-day ceasefire on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
«If we’re so far apart this won’t happen, then the president is ready to move on,» Rubio told reporters in Paris following his talks, which he described as «very positive.»
«We’re not going to continue to fly all over the world and do meeting after meeting after meeting if no progress is being made,» Rubio said. «We’re going to move on to other topics that are equally if not more important in some ways to the United States.»
It remains unclear where the U.S. would stand in not only aiding Ukraine, should Russia refuse to end its illegal invasion, but whether Trump would go through with his previous threats to enact more sanctions on Russia.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on upon his arrival for a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart in Paris on Thursday. (Julien De Rosa/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
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Last month, during an interview with NBC News, Trump said he was «very angry» and «pissed off» after Putin first showed signs of being unwilling to engage in a ceasefire with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
«If Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia’s fault — which it might not be — but if I think it was Russia’s fault, I am going to put secondary tariffs on oil, on all oil coming out of Russia,» he said.
Firefighters put out a blaze following Russia’s missile attack that killed at least 20 civilians in Sumy, Ukraine, on Sunday. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
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«That would be that if you buy oil from Russia, you can’t do business in the United States,» he added. «There will be a 25% tariff on all oil, a 25- to 50-point tariff on all oil.»
Trump would not comment on the «specific number of days» Russia has before he determines whether it’s serious about ending the war, but he told reporters on Friday it needs to happen «quickly — we want to get it done.»
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