Palestinian activist accused of expressing desire to 'kill Jews' wins deportation case

A Palestinian activistic accused of making antisemitic statements and starring anti-Israel protests astatine Columbia University volition not beryllium deported from the U.S., an migration justice has ruled, according to reports.

Judge Nina Froes determined connected Feb. 13 that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) did not supply capable admissible grounds to found that Mohsen Mahdawi was removable, Reuters reported.

Froes said DHS relied successful portion connected a memorandum purportedly signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio but failed to authenticate the document.

As a result, the authorities was incapable to "meet its load of proving removability," according to Reuters.

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Palestinian activistic Mohsen Mahdawi volition not beryllium deported aft Immigration Judge Nina Froes ruled the authorities failed to supply capable evidence. (Amanda Swinhart / AP )

Mahdawi’s attorneys shared the determination Tuesday successful a filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit successful New York, which has been reviewing a anterior ruling that led to his merchandise from migration custody successful April 2025.

Mahdawi, 34, had been detained astatine that constituent during a citizenship assignment successful Vermont and spent much than 2 weeks successful custody. He was aboriginal released connected bail aft filing a habeas petition.

A national justice ordered that helium not beryllium deported oregon removed from the authorities and was released nether an bid issued by U.S. District Judge Geoffrey Crawford successful Burlington.

According to the 2025 tribunal filing, Mahdawi co-founded the Palestinian Student Union astatine Columbia aft the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas violent attack. He founded the radical with Mahmoud Khalil.

Mahdawi's deportation lawsuit besides stems successful portion from allegations dating backmost to 2015, erstwhile helium was interviewed by the FBI aft reportedly making antisemitic remarks astatine a Vermont weapon store and a firearms museum.

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Mohsen Mahdawi, accused of antisemitic statements and starring Columbia University protests, wins deportation lawsuit aft justice finds grounds insufficient. (REUTERS/Ryan Murphy)

According to tribunal documents antecedently cited by Fox News Digital, the store proprietor said Mahdawi expressed involvement successful purchasing firearms, including a sniper firearm and an automatic weapon.

The proprietor claimed helium had acquisition gathering modified 9mm submachine guns "to termination Jews portion helium was successful Palestine."

The proprietor besides alleged that Mahdawi stated astatine a depository successful Windsor, "I similar to termination Jews." Mahdawi has denied making antisemitic comments oregon expressing convulsive intent.

At the time, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, Trish McLaughlin said successful a statement, "As the media works overtime to glorify a ringleader of the Columbia pro-terrorist riots, tribunal documents amusement Mahdawi allegedly told a weapon store proprietor that helium had sizeable firearms acquisition and helium ‘used to termination Jews'."

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Columbia University postgraduate pupil Mahmoud Khalil attends a rally to invited him location aft being released from migration custody, extracurricular the Cathedral of St. John the Divine successful New York City, U.S., June 22, 2025. REUTERS/Angelina Katsanis (REUTERS/Angelina Katsanis)

Mahdawi's defence squad has said national agents conducted a thorough probe and recovered "no evidence" supporting the allegations.

In a connection Tuesday, Mahdawi said helium was grateful for the court’s ruling.

"I americium grateful to the tribunal for honoring the regularisation of instrumentality and holding the enactment against the government’s attempts to trample connected owed process," helium said.

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"This determination is an important measurement towards upholding what fearfulness tried to destroy: the close to talk for bid and justice. Nearly a twelvemonth ago, I was detained astatine my citizenship interrogation not for breaking the instrumentality but for speaking against the genocide of Palestinians," Mahdawi added.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the Department of Homeland Security for comment.