House adopts resolution backing Mohsen Madawi, passes medical debt bill and postpones Barrie charter amendments

The Vermont House of Representatives on April 22 adopted a resolution urging the immediate release and due-process protections for Mohsen Madawi and took two additional formal actions: it passed Senate Bill 27, an act relating to medical debt relief, and postponed action on House Bill 10, which would approve charter amendments for the city of Barre, for one legislative day.

Representative Cole of Hartford, the resolution’s sponsor, described Madawi as a longtime White River Junction resident and a U.S. permanent resident. The resolution, read on the floor, states that Madawi arrived for what he believed was a final citizenship interview on April 14, 2025, and that immigration authorities instead arrested and detained him, refusing to provide information about his whereabouts or status. The resolution “strongly objects to the manner and circumstances under which U.S. immigration authorities arrested and detained Mohsen Madawi and strongly advocates that he be afforded due process under the law and released immediately from detention,” and directs the clerk to send copies to federal immigration and…