U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford ruled Mahdawi did not present a risk of fleeing from court proceedings or harming the community, Vermont Public reported. Crawford's order allows Mahdawi to return to his home in Vermont and continue attending classes at Columbia.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian Columbia student who had been detained by immigration authorities when he went to his U.S. citizenship interview, has been released after a federal judge's order in Vermont on Wednesday.