Judge releases Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri to return to Virginia after ICE detention in Texas

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Source: CNN, via WTOP

Judge releases Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri to return to Virginia after ICE detention in Texas

CNN
May 14, 2025, 12:41 PM

(CNN) -- A federal district court judge in Virginia ordered the release of Georgetown University scholar Badar Khan Suri on Wednesday, marking at least the third time a detained student or academic targeted by the Trump administration because of their protest activity or affiliation was released from immigration detention.

Khan Suri was detained by masked federal officers outside his home in Rosslyn, Virginia, in March. Khan Suri was moved across multiple state lines shortly after his arrest and has been held in custody in a Texas detention center. ... He is an Indian national postdoctoral fellow and was in the United States on a valid visa before his arrest. He is married to a US citizen.

Virginia US District Court Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ordered Khan Suri's release on the condition that he maintain a residence in Virginia and attend other hearings in the case in person. Khan Suri will also be required to attend his immigration proceedings in Texas virtually.

Suri has not been charged with a crime, but the Trump administration revoked his student visa and accused him of having ties to Hamas, a terrorist organization.

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Read more: https://wtop.com/virginia/2025/05/judge-releases-georgetown-scholar-badar-khan-suri-to-return-to-virginia-after-ice-detention-in-texas/

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A federal district court judge in Virginia ordered the release of Georgetown U scholar Badar Khan Suri, marking at least the third time a detained student or academic targeted by the Trump administration because of their protest activity or affiliation was released from immigration detention.

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[LauraInLA]

1. I'm hoping he has actually been released.

[Miguelito Loveless]

2. But will the ICE goons snatch him again?

I would say there is a high probability at this point.

[Bayard]

3. Hamas?

Why would an Indian citizen be affiliated with Hamas?

[MarineCombatEngineer]

4. Oh, you know............

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because his skin isn't lily white so they figure that if the skin isn't white enough, they must be associated with a terrorist org or they're a terrorist.

[LauraInLA]

5. Aren't they trying to argue that if one protests, they're providing aid to a terrorist organization? That's my fear.