A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his U.

U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford in Burlington, Vermont, issued the ruling after a hearing on the detention of Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal resident who has held a green card since 2015. He was

Mohsen Mahdawi, a 34-year-old U.S. permanent resident who was raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank, was detained during his April 14 naturalization interview in Vermont.