Immigration

U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford ordered Mohsen Mahdawi to be released from detention Wednesday morning, more than two weeks after he was arrested by ICE at his citizenship appointment in Vermont.

A federal judge in Vermont had ordered immigration officials to return the Tufts doctoral student to his court by May 1.

Federal immigration officials have restored the legal status of 13 UMass Amherst international students. Earlier this month they were told they had to leave the country.

Immigration attorneys and activists get creative with Know Your Rights trainings, as they say residents need to know when their rights might be violated and how to prove it.

The federal program, which has been delayed several times, was created during the George W. Bush administration in an effort to create standards for identification cards.

At a hearing Wednesday, a federal court judge said he would consider Mahdawi's potential release next week. Mahdawi is a student at Columbia University who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Colchester following a citizenship interview this month.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrested and detained eight workers at Pleasant Valley Farms on Monday, according to the dairy farm owners and an organization that represents migrant farmworkers.

Three New Hampshire students are among the plaintiffs seeking to bring a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration for its revocation of students’ legal status.

The college has shared little about the students in question, their immigration status, or their circumstances. But officials have suggested these events fit a pattern evident in a nationwide crackdown on foreign students.

Bachir Atallah says he was handcuffed and then held by Customs and Border Patrol for several hours last weekend. Bachir spoke with NHPR’s Morning Edition host Rick Ganley about his experience.