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.

New Hampshire universities say a handful of international students now have active immigration records, after the Trump administration reversed course late last week.

A federal judge Tuesday extended her temporary relief order pausing the government's action against Xiaotian Liu. But the larger questions over why his immigration status changed and what the Department of Homeland Security is intending to do in the future remain unanswered.

Una demanda presentada en la corte federal de New Hampshire el viernes, busca detener que los funcionarios de migración revoquen el estatus legal de estudiantes internacionales.

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.

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.

La esposa del detenido le pidió a los agentes esperar que llegara su abogado. Un agente eventualmente rompió la ventana del carro con un martillo y realizó el arresto.

“I feel helpless, absolutely helpless,” his mother told told NBC News.

Friends of White River Junction, Vermont resident Mohsen Mahdawi say he was called in for a citizenship interview Monday and left in handcuffs.

The matter before Judge William K. Sessions III concerned the Vermont federal court’s jurisdiction in a legal challenge to last month’s arrest of Turkish national Rümeysa Öztürk.