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Immigration judge Nina Froes said the administration failed to certify a document by Secretary of State Marco Rubio it wanted to use as evidence in the case. The memo by Rubio said a noncitizen can be deported if he deems them a threat to the country’s foreign policy.  

Due to the error, Froes terminated the removal proceedings, although the Trump administration can appeal the decision. 

“I am grateful to the court for honoring the rule of law and holding the line against the government’s attempts to trample on due process,” said Mahdawi in a statement released by his lawyers. “This decision is an important step towards upholding what fear tried to destroy: the right to speak for peace and justice.”

Mahdawi was arrested a year ago during a citizenship interview but was released soon after by a judge. The Trump administration has continued to fight to remove him and several other pro-Palestinian campus leaders from the country. 

“It is a privilege to be granted a visa or green card to live and study in the United States of America. When you advocate for violence, glorify and support terrorists that relish the killing of Americans, and harass Jews, that privilege should be revoked, and you should not be in this country. No activist judge, not this one or any other, is going to stop us from doing that,” a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. 

The Trump administration has repeatedly labeled judges that rule against it as “activist judges” and said in a police report an individual reported Mahdawi allegedly admitted he used to make guns for Hezbollah.

In other cases, such as Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk, who was also arrested last year for her pro-Palestinian support, the Trump administration has little evidence of wrongdoing besides an op-ed she wrote in support of Palestine for her campus newspaper.

Mahdawi has filed a separate case against the administration arguing he was unlawfully detained, which is still going through court proceedings. 

“In a climate where dissent is increasingly met with intimidation and detention, today’s ruling renews hope that due process still applies and that no agency stands above the Constitution. This is not the end of the story. It is the beginning of a deeper commitment to peace, dignity, and justice; work I will continue, fearlessly and without apology,” Mahdawi said.  

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