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VT HR0008
Resolution
Status
4/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Esme Cole
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AI Summary
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Mohsen Mahdawi, a White River Junction resident and U.S. permanent resident for a decade, was arrested by armed, plainclothes immigration authorities with covered faces on April 14, 2025, at the Colchester immigration office where he expected to attend his final U.S. citizenship interview
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Authorities refused to provide information about where Mahdawi was being taken or what would happen to him
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U.S. Senators Sanders and Welch and Representative Balint issued a joint statement describing the arrest as "immoral, inhumane, and illegal"
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The Vermont House of Representatives strongly objects to the arrest circumstances and advocates for Mahdawi to receive due process and immediate release from detention
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The resolution directs the House Clerk to send copies to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons, and Vermont's Congressional Delegation
Legislative Description
House resolution strongly objecting to the manner and circumstances under which U.S. immigration authorities arrested and detained Mohsen Mahdawi and strongly advocating that he be afforded due process under the law and released immediately from detention
Last Action
Read and adopted
4/22/2025