Welch, Van Hollen, Durbin, and Knight Institute Host Press Conference with Mohsen Mahdawi at U.S. Capitol on Threats to Free Speech and Immigration Law

This press release from Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) was published on 2026-06-17 and titled "Welch, Van Hollen, Durbin, and Knight Institute Host Press Conference with Mohsen Mahdawi at U.S. Capitol on Threats to ".

Welch, Van Hollen, Durbin, and Knight Institute Host Press Conference with Mohsen Mahdawi at U.S. Capitol on Threats to Free Speech and Immigration Law

Welch: “The whole point of free speech is that you can speak truth to power.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, alongside U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the Knight First Amendment Institute, and Mohsen Mahdawi, a Vermonter and Columbia University student targeted by the Trump [ ]