US EditionJudge releases Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri to return to Virginia after ICE detention in Texas
- A federal judge ordered the immediate release of Badar Khan Suri, an Indian postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University, from detention in Texas on Wednesday, allowing him to return to Virginia.
- Suri was detained after masked federal agents arrested him in March at his Virginia home and revoked his visa amid the Trump administration’s deportation effort citing alleged Hamas ties.
- The government failed to provide evidence that Suri posed a threat, and his lawyers contend his detention was retaliation for his and his wife’s pro-Palestinian views and family connections in Gaza.
- Judge Patricia Giles stated the detention violated Suri’s First Amendment rights and ordered his release on personal recognizance, requiring him to attend immigration hearings scheduled for June 3 in Texas.
- Suri’s release marks another case among international scholars targeted over political activism and raises ongoing legal questions concerning free speech and immigration enforcement under the Trump administration.
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Trump’s War on Palestine and Free Speech Hits a New Setback
With a judge’s ruling this week that Georgetown postdoctoral researcher Badar Khan Suri should be released from detention, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio’s McCarthyite campaign to squash protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza suffered a defeat.
Detained Georgetown Professor Released From ICE Custody
Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow and professor at Georgetown University, was released from a federal detention center in Texas on Wednesday after being held for two months. Suri, an Indian national, was arrested in March under government claims that he was a threat to U.S. interests and had close connections to a known or suspected terrorist. This week a federal judge in Virginia ordered Suri’s immediate release due to a lack of evidence t…
Georgetown’s Badar Khan Suri Leaves ICE Jail on Bail, Reunites with Family
In Virginia, Georgetown University scholar Badar Khan Suri has reunited with his family following his release on bail from a Texas ICE jail, after a federal judge on Wednesday ruled his detention violated his rights to free speech and due process. Khan Suri’s release comes one week after Tufts scholar Rümeysa Öztürk was freed from a Louisiana ICE jail and two weeks after Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi was released from ICE custody in…
The Needle: Planned Protest Against Military Parade, Georgetown Student Released From Detention
Military charade: The “National Protest Against Trump and the War Machine” hopes to draw thousands of people from across the country to protest the June 14 military parade in D.C. The parade, which is expected to include more than 6,000 troops, 150 vehicles, and 50 aircraft, is meant to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. It also coincides with convicted felon and President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. The protest organizers have …
My whole body was chained: Indian researcher on US immigration detention horror
Badar Khan Suri, an Indian academic and Georgetown visiting scholar, shared his horror about US immigration detention, saying his entire body was "chained" and he "even missed his shadow". Suri, a former Jamia Milia Islamia student, was released from ICE detention following a federal judge's order.
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