MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Join Congressional Leaders at State Department to Demand Due Process for All

MEDIA ADVISORY: Sanders to Join Congressional Leaders at State Department to Demand Due Process for All

WASHINGTON, April 29 – Ahead of Vermont resident Mohsen Mahdawi’s court hearing tomorrow, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today announced he will join Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) and House and Senate colleagues for a press conference at the State Department to call for his immediate release. Mahdawi was abruptly arrested earlier this month by plainclothes ICE agents without being charged with a crime. The lawmakers will come together to call for Mahdawi’s immediate release and highlight other cases around the country where people have been disappeared off our streets and even removed from the country without due process.

Details

What: Press conference and peaceful rally ahead of Mohsen Mahdawi’s next hearing

When: Tuesday, April 29, at 5:30 p.m. ET

Where: State Department Building, corner of 22 St. NW and C St. NW

Who:

  • Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
  • Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)
  • Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.)
  • Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.)
  • Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-N.Y.)
  • Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.)
  • Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.)
  • Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.)
  • Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas)