Badar Khan Suri is an scholar student and Green Card holder in the US, and he is being deported. He works as a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, and he studied at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi. His lawyer says the deportation is linked to his Palestinian wife, as Gaza and Palestine are important parts of Suri’s background.
Badar Khan Suri, is accused of spreading antisemitism and having links to Hamas, a Palestinian terrorist group, according to Fox News, citing the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Masked agents from the Department of Homeland Security arrested Suri at his home in Arlington, Virginia. They told him that his visa had been canceled.
Who Is Badar Khan Suri?
Badar Khan Suri is a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University in Washington DC. He used to study at Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi. Suri’s lawyer says the reason he is being targeted is because his wife is Palestinian. Gaza and Palestine are important parts of Suri’s life story.
Suri, who studied at Jamia Millia Islamia, taught a course called “Majoritarianism and Minority Rights in South Asia.” He also has a PhD in peace and conflict studies from India, according to the Georgetown University website.
Trump Administration Uses Rare Immigration Law To Detain Indian Researcher
According to Suri’s request for release, the Trump administration used a rarely-used section of immigration law that gives the Secretary of State the power to deport non-citizens who are seen as a threat to the U.S.’s foreign policy.
A statement from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), shared by Fox News, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio believed that the Indian researcher’s actions made him eligible for deportation.
Badar Khan Suri’s lawyer told the international news agency Reuters, “If an accomplished scholar who focuses on conflict resolution is whom the government decides is bad for foreign policy, then perhaps the problem is with the government, not the scholar.”
Suri was teaching a course called “Majoritarianism and Minority Rights in South Asia” and had a PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies from India, according to the Georgetown University website.
This incident happened just over a week after another Indian student, Ranjani Srinivasan, who was accused of antisemitism, used the CBP Home App to deport herself after avoiding detention.
