A judge later issued an order barring the government from removing Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident for 10 years, from the state or country.

A Vermont federal judge has ordered the release of a Columbia University student arrested by federal agents during an interview on his U.S. citizenship.

Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi — detained by authorities at his naturalization interview — is free for now. He had been in prison for two weeks after his arrest earlier in April.