US EditionJudge releases Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri to return to Virginia after ICE detention in Texas
- Federal Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ordered the release of Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri from Texas immigration detention on May 14, 2025.
- Suri was detained since March 17 after the Trump administration revoked his visa citing alleged Hamas ties linked to his wife's family and his social media posts.
- The government did not provide evidence to justify continued detention, and the judge ruled Suri's speech opposing Israel's military campaign likely qualifies as protected First Amendment expression.
- Judge Giles emphasized that First Amendment protections apply equally to both citizens and noncitizens and asserted that national security concerns cannot override the authority of the courts.
- Suri was released without bond and must live in Virginia, attend court hearings in person, while his release marks another case amid a series of immigration detentions involving international scholars tied to pro-Palestinian activism.
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Georgetown Academic Freed from Immigration Detention Following Judge’s Ruling - Quds News Network
Washington (Quds News Network)- Georgetown University researcher Badar Khan Suri has been released from a Texas detention centre after he was arrested as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestine activism across college campuses. A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of Suri, who was a postdoctoral fellow at the prestigious Washington DC institution on a student visa. An Indian national, he was arrested outside his…
Indian academic released from immigration custody after US federal judge’s ruling
Indian academician Badar Khan Suri, a researcher at Georgetown University in the United States, was freed from a Texas immigration detention centre on Wednesday, hours after a federal judge ordered his release, BBC reported.Suri was arrested on March 17 by immigration authorities for allegedly “spreading propaganda” of Palestinian militant group Hamas. He was informed that his visa had been revoked, according to a lawsuit filed by the researcher…
Judge Sends Clear Message to Trump While Freeing Georgetown Scholar
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of Georgetown scholar Dr. Badar Khan Suri, who was illegally detained in March.U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles in Virginia ordered Suri to be released immediately from a detention facility in Texas where he’d been held for two months, saying that it was in the public interest to end the chilling of free speech caused by his detainment. The Trump administration had alleged that Suri was…
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