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April 22, 2025

"The War Must Stop": Detained Palestinian Green Card Holder Mohsen Mahdawi Calls for End to Gaza War
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Vermont Senator Peter Welch met Monday with detained Columbia student
Mohsen Mahdawi, a green card holder from Palestine who was arrested in
Vermont when he appeared for what he was told would be a naturalization
test. Ahead of his arrest, Mahdawi helped lead campus protests against
Israel's war on Gaza. Senator Welch, who's calling for Mahdawi's
release, published a brief interview with Mahdawi recorded inside the
Northwest State Correctional Facility.

Mohsen Mahdawi: "I want to tell everyone that I feel so loved and so
supported. And I am here in good hands. I am centered. I am clear. I am
grounded. And I don't want you to worry about me. I want you to continue
working for the democracy of this country and for humanity. The war must
stop."



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