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Georgetown Researcher Badar Khan Suri Settles with Trump Administration, Returns to Work

The settlement restores his family’s visas retroactively under a requirement of 21 days’ notice before any future revocation.

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Overview

  • The agreement permits Suri to resume his postdoctoral fellowship at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service.
  • His and his children’s immigration status was reinstated retroactively to the date of revocation in March.
  • The Trump administration agreed to provide 21 days’ advance notice before pursuing any new visa revocation based on newly discovered legal grounds.
  • Formal deportation proceedings remain open, allowing the government to seek removal under fresh allegations.
  • Advocates and Georgetown officials say the case highlights due-process and academic-freedom concerns in the context of a broader crackdown on pro-Palestinian scholars.