Overview

• Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University researcher on a student visa, was arrested by ICE agents outside his Virginia home on allegations of spreading Hamas propaganda.
• The Trump administration invoked a rarely used immigration law to deem Suri deportable, citing national security concerns without presenting evidence of criminal activity.
• A federal judge has blocked Suri's deportation pending further legal review, emphasizing the need for due process in the case.
• Suri's lawyer argues he is being targeted due to his wife’s Palestinian heritage and her father’s past role as a Hamas advisor, despite no evidence of Suri's involvement in political activism.
• Georgetown University has defended Suri’s rights to academic freedom and free inquiry, stating it has not been informed of any illegal activity on his part.