The government is vowing to appeal a judge’s decision to release Mohsen Mahdawi.The student activist attends Columbia University and lives in Vermont while not at school.A Vermont judge released Mahdawi on bail on Wednesday after siding with his lawyers,

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.