Mohsen Mahdawi speaks out for first time from detention: 'I have faith that justice will prevail'

In his first comments to the media since his April 14 detainment during his naturalization interview in Vermont, Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi said he had faith that he won't be deported.

Mahdawi, a 34-year-old U.S. permanent resident who was born and raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank, spoke to NPR’s "Morning Edition" from the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans, Vermont. He was accompanied by one of his attorneys.