Palestinian green card holder and Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi was released Wednesday after being detained by immigrants for more than two weeks, and he fell into authoritarianism against American descendants.

"Once the crackdown on dissent becomes a key goal of the government in the name of security, autocratic rule and even martial law are not far away. When they look at my case, all Americans should ask themselves: What is left of our democracy and who is next?" Mahddawi said in a New York Times column.

Mahdawi is a Palestinian human rights advocate in Vermont and has been detained by the Trump administration and deported by the Trump administration despite not being prosecuted for any crime. The philosophy major was arrested by masked ice media in Colchester, Vermont in his citizen naturalization interview.

He is one of the growing number of international students who have been deported by the Trump administration for its Palestinian rights advocacy, which is using obscure laws to accuse these people of threats to U.S. foreign policy interests. Unlike others, Mahdawi avoided being taken to Louisiana detention centers after ICE agents nearly missed the flight, allowing his attorneys to question Vermont's deportation order.

"Despite 16 nights spent in a prison cell, I have never been inevitable about the principles of justice and democracy. I want to be a citizen of this country because I believe in its principles," Mahdawi wrote.

"The U.S. government accused me of undermining American foreign policy, which is a ridiculous excuse for the Trump administration to dislike political rhetoric. The government is grabbing the bottom of the barrel and trying to erase me. My only "crime" refuses to accept the massacre of the Palestinians, against war and promote peace. Israel is through diplomacy and restorative justice."

Mahdawi was born and raised in a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank and died as a child after his brother was denied medical services and was detained and imprisoned by his grandfather and father of Israeli forces, including his grandfather and father.

He said moving to the United States in 2014 was his first free experience.

"Ultimately, I seek American citizenship, not only because I don't want to lose the freedom I enjoy as a permanent resident, but more so because I believe in the principles and values ​​of democracy, which the country has set out in its founding documents."

“For me and others like me, these very freedoms are under attack today. The Trump administration is visiting Israel’s script: Under the thin guise of security, rights are denied and due process is eliminated.

“By seeking to deport me, the Trump administration is delivering a clear message: no room for objection, freedom of speech. Freedom of speech. It seems willing to protect an extreme Israeli government from criticism at the expense of constitutional rights, while also inhibiting the possibility of a peaceful future for both the Palestinians and Israelis.

According to Palestinian health authorities, Israel’s war against Gaza has killed at least 52,000 Palestinians, mainly women and children, since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. Thousands of people are missing and worried about death, while thousands are injured and preventable diseases, including acute malnutrition.

"Legal residents who have not accused of crime or misconduct have been arrested and threatened to deport because they expressed their views on the political issues of the day," Judge Geoffrey W Crawford wrote in a ruling that ruled that Mahdawi released on Wednesday. He compared the Trump administration's crackdown on students and freedom of speech to the Red Panic and McCarthy era.

Mahdawi told supporters and the media after his release: "I'm talking clearly and loudly. To President Trump and his cabinet: I'm not afraid of you."