A federal judge in Vermont issued a temporary restriction order to keep Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia student who was arrested during his citizenship interview last week, in Vermont.
In the written order presented on Thursday morning, the United States District Judge, Geoffrey Crawford, said the order was necessary to “prevent disputes” about the jurisdiction “or any other problem that may arise in the case of the involuntary movement of a petitioner between the states.”
On Wednesday, Judge Crawford said he was going to issue the temporary restriction order and ordered a hearing for next week to decide if Mahdawi should be released while his case continues.
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