cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28614633

By PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER
Updated 6:04 PM EDT, April 14, 2025

"A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University was arrested Monday at a Vermont immigration office where he expected to be interviewed about finalizing his U.S. citizenship, his attorneys said.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident who has held a green card since 2015, was detained at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, his lawyers said. "

    • Tempus Fugit
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      012 days ago

      Plenty of white leftish folks don’t own guns. If they and every other minority were packing, fascists would be saying, “it’s alright cause they ain’t Right.”

      • @[email protected]
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        012 days ago

        I meant that the deportees to the tropical gulag aren’t white so the conservatives have nothing to protest.

        • Tempus Fugit
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          012 days ago

          My bad, I didn’t mean to diminish your point. I mostly meant to say, when we’re armed and protective of our neighbors, the feds are less emboldened.

          I would never count on conservatives to be an ally. They’ll only start caring once their wallets are affected.