A group of protesters gathered outside Northwest State Correctional Facility in Swanton on Wednesday to rally for the release of a Columbia University student detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Colchester.

A Palestinian student at Columbia University went into a Vermont immigration office Monday hoping to begin the final step to becoming a US citizen. But instead of having an interview, Mohsen Mahdawi – who’s been in the United States for a decade – was taken away in handcuffs.