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StateofVermont
SenateChamber
Montpelier,Vermont
SenateResolution
OfferedbySenatorsWhite,Baruth,Beck,Bongartz,Brennan,Brock,Chittenden,
Clarkson,Collamore,Cummings,Gulick,Hardy,Harrison,Hashim,Lyons,Major,Mattos,
Perchlik,Plunkett,RamHinsdale,Vyhovsky,WatsonandWestman,
S.R.13.Senateresolutionrelatingtostronglyobjectingtothemannerand
circumstancesunderwhichU.S.immigrationauthoritiesarrestedanddetainedMohsen
Mahdawiandstronglyadvocatingthathebeaffordeddueprocessunderthelawand
releasedimmediatelyfromdetention.
Whereas,MohsenMahdawiisaresidentofWhiteRiverJunctionandhasbeenaU.S.
permanentresident(greencardholder)forthepastdecade,and
Whereas,onMonday,April14,2025,inthebeliefthathewastoparticipateinhisfinal
interviewforU.S.citizenship,MohsenMahdawiarrivedattheU.S.immigrationofficein
Colchester,and
Whereas,insteadofcommencingtheinterview,armedimmigrationauthoritiesinplain
clotheswithfacescoveredarrestedMohsenMahdawiandrefusedtoprovideany
informationregardingwherehewasbeingtakenorwhatwouldhappentohim,and
Whereas,inajointstatementthatU.S.SenatorsSandersandWelchandU.S.
RepresentativeBalintreleased,theydescribedthisactionas“immoral,inhumane,and
illegal,”and
Whereas,Vermont’sthreefederallegislatorsalsodemandedthatMohsenMahdawibe
afforded“dueprocessunderthelawandimmediatelyreleasedfromdetention,”now
thereforebeit
ResolvedbytheSenate:
ThattheSenateoftheStateofVermontstronglyobjectstothemannerand
circumstancesunderwhichU.S.immigrationauthoritiesarrestedanddetainedMohsen
Mahdawiandstronglyadvocatethathebeaffordeddueprocessunderthelawandreleased
immediatelyfromdetention,andbeitfurther
Resolved:ThattheSecretaryoftheSenatebedirectedtosendacopyofthisresolution
toU.S.SecretaryofHomelandSecurityKristiNoem,ImmigrationandCustoms
EnforcementActingDirectorToddLyons,andtheVermontCongressionalDelegation.