India, April 30 -- Mohsen Mahdawi, the Palestinian Columbia University student who led anti-Israel demonstrations on campus, was released on Wednesday following US District Judge Geoffrey Crawford's order. The 34-year-old anti-Israel student was arrested by the ICE.

Speaking outside the Vermont courthouse, he immediately sent a defiant message to President Donald Trump and his government.

"I am saying it clear and loud to President Trump and his cabinet: I am not afraid of you," Mahdawi declared outside the courtroom.

Mahdawi, a Palestinian permanent resident of the United States with a green card for at least ten years, was looking forward to his April 14 interview for citizenship. However, FBI officials detained him.

District Judge ...