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| Appeals Court Rejects Trump Administration's Efforts to Re-Detain Researcher Over Israel Criticism |
| 2026-07-25 |
The process is also a useful punishment, though taking longer than originally planned.
[Townhall] A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s effort to re-detain Badar Khan Suri, … who is seriously connected. His wife, the America-hating American citizen Mapheze Ahmad Yusef Saleh, is the daughter of Ahmed Yusef, an advisor to Ismail Haniyeh — Hamas’s prime minister in Gaza until he was zapped during the 2023-24 war — and now chairs Hamas’s Committee to Break the Siege in Gaza, on which dear Mapheze serves along with agitating for the cause here in the US, for which she was scheduled to be deported alongside her beloved hubster after his student visa for peace process studies was revoked… a Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher from India known for his pro-Palestinian advocacy. Reuters reported that the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, ruled that federal immigration law did not bar a lower-court judge from ordering Suri’s release. The court found that Suri’s claims of violations to his due process and free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution could be heard in federal court. Suri remains free as his immigration case proceeds. The case began when the researcher was detained by federal authorities over his criticism of the Israeli effort to eliminate Hamas in the Gaza Strip after the terrorist group slaughtered over 1,000 Israelis on October 7, 2023. That’s ok. He isn’t going to run off, and I’m sure that until he is actually deported the FBI will have both of them under all the kinds of observation, with backup from Shin Bet for the Gaza end, and probably somebody doing the same for his connections in India.… The decision conflicts with rulings from other appeals courts in similar cases involving pro-Palestinian activists.Badar Khan Suri is an Indian national who held a J-1 exchange visa while working as a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University’s Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. He lived in Rosslyn, Virginia, with his wife, a U.S. citizen of Palestinian heritage, and their three children. According to The Hoya, immigration officers detained Suri outside his home on March 17, 2025, under a rarely used provision of immigration law that allows removal of noncitizens whose presence is seen as having adverse foreign policy consequences. Officials shuffled him through several facilities in Virginia before transferring him to a detention center in Texas, where he was held for almost two months. The authorities pointed to his social media activity supporting the Palestinians and opposing Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, along with posts by conservative groups about his academic work. Officials also noted his family connection through his wife to her father, a former Hamas official who left the group more than a decade earlier. However, Suri himself has never explicitly expressed direct support for Hamas. Yes, he has. Check the Related links below. Suri challenged his detention through a habeas corpus petition in federal district court in Virginia, arguing his treatment was retaliatory and unconstitutional. In May 2025, U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ordered his release on bail and blocked his immediate removal. The Trump administration appealed and sought to re-detain him while the case continued.Suri celebrated the ruling. “Today reaffirms my faith that an independent judiciary remains the truest guardian of liberty, due process, and the rule of law,” he said. “I am profoundly grateful to the judges who upheld these constitutional principles and gave my case the careful, deliberate consideration it deserved. I remain, as ever, committed to the pursuit of justice through lawful and peaceful means.” Related: Badar Khan Suri 05/16/2025 Georgetown University student, whose father-in-law worked with Hamas authorities in Gaza, released from US immigration detention Badar Khan Suri 03/21/2025 Georgetown U instructor detained by ICE claims he was 'doxxed and smeared'... as jaw-dropping Hamas link emerges |
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