Palestinian student explains why he challenged Trump after release: "You will not silence me" A Columbia student activist and green card holder who was detained when he went for a citizenship interview last month said President Trump "will not silence me," in an interview with CBS News from Vermont on Monday. Mohsen Mahdawi's comments marked his first network interview since a judge ordered his release last week — a move Mahdawi called a "light of hope" to other student activists who have been detained, like Columbia's Mahmoud Khalil and Tufts University's Rumeysa Ozturk. Shortly after Mahdawi's release, he addressed a...