U.S. government cannot deport Georgetown scholar until court rules, judge orders

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Source: NPR/AP

March 21, 2025 1:10 AM ET



ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge on Thursday ordered immigration officials not to deport a Georgetown scholar who was detained by the Trump Administration and accused of spreading Hamas propaganda in the latest battle over speech on U.S. college campuses.

U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles in Alexandria, Virginia, ordered that Indian national Badar Khan Suri "shall not be removed from the United States unless and until the Court issues a contrary order." Suri's attorney wrote in an earlier court filing that Suri was targeted because of his social media posts and his wife's "identity as a Palestinian and her constitutionally protected speech."

"Dr. Suri is an academic, not an activist," his attorney Hassan Ahmad wrote in a court filing on Thursday. "But he spoke out on social media about his views on the Israel-Gaza war. Even more so, his wife is an outspoken critic of the Israeli government and the violence it has perpetrated against Palestinians." Suri's attorney argued that federal authorities have provided no evidence that he's committed any crimes and that his detention violates his free speech and due process rights.

Suri, who has no criminal record, holds a visa authorizing him to be in the U.S. as a visiting scholar, and his wife is a U.S. citizen, according to the motion. "The Trump Administration has openly expressed its intention to weaponize immigration law to punish noncitizens whose views are deemed critical of U.S. policy as it relates to Israel," Suri's attorney wrote.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/g-s1-55099/trump-deportation-georgetown-scholar

[maxsolomon]

1. What the MFer Admin is contending is that Visas, Green Cards, etc.

can be revoked for any reason - there doesn't have to be a criminal infraction. I don't know enough about immigration law to know if that's actually the case, but it might be. I remember John Lennon had a hard time obtaining a Green Card because of his anti-Vietnam war stance.

A different Admin could decide that non-citizen Zionists are persona non grata and expel them. I don't know what dimension that Admin would exist in, but in theory...

[FakeNoose]

2. It's revenge, pure and simple

Revenge is the thing that Chump lives for, it's why he ran for President (again.) By deporting Dr. Suri, Chump will accomplish the silencing of all visiting academics in this country in one fell swoop.

Next he'll go to work on silencing ALL the academics who disagree with him, even the American-born ones.