• Education
    • Higher Education
    • Scholarships & Grants
    • Online Learning
    • School Reforms
    • Research & Innovation
  • Lifestyle
    • Travel
    • Food & Drink
    • Fashion & Beauty
    • Home & Living
    • Relationships & Family
  • Technology & Startups
    • Software & Apps
    • Startup Success Stories
    • Startups & Innovations
    • Tech Regulations
    • Venture Capital
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Cybersecurity
    • Emerging Technologies
    • Gadgets & Devices
    • Industry Analysis
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Advertise with Us
  • Privacy & Policy
Today Headline
  • Home
  • World News
    • Us & Canada
    • Europe
    • Asia
    • Africa
    • Middle East
  • Politics
    • Elections
    • Political Parties
    • Government Policies
    • International Relations
    • Legislative News
  • Business & Finance
    • Market Trends
    • Stock Market
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Corporate News
    • Economic Policies
  • Science & Environment
    • Space Exploration
    • Climate Change
    • Wildlife & Conservation
    • Environmental Policies
    • Medical Research
  • Health
    • Public Health
    • Mental Health
    • Medical Breakthroughs
    • Fitness & Nutrition
    • Pandemic Updates
  • Sports
    • Football
    • Basketball
    • Tennis
    • Olympics
    • Motorsport
  • Entertainment
    • Movies
    • Music
    • TV & Streaming
    • Celebrity News
    • Awards & Festivals
  • Crime & Justice
    • Court Cases
    • Cybercrime
    • Policing
    • Criminal Investigations
    • Legal Reforms
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • World News
    • Us & Canada
    • Europe
    • Asia
    • Africa
    • Middle East
  • Politics
    • Elections
    • Political Parties
    • Government Policies
    • International Relations
    • Legislative News
  • Business & Finance
    • Market Trends
    • Stock Market
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Corporate News
    • Economic Policies
  • Science & Environment
    • Space Exploration
    • Climate Change
    • Wildlife & Conservation
    • Environmental Policies
    • Medical Research
  • Health
    • Public Health
    • Mental Health
    • Medical Breakthroughs
    • Fitness & Nutrition
    • Pandemic Updates
  • Sports
    • Football
    • Basketball
    • Tennis
    • Olympics
    • Motorsport
  • Entertainment
    • Movies
    • Music
    • TV & Streaming
    • Celebrity News
    • Awards & Festivals
  • Crime & Justice
    • Court Cases
    • Cybercrime
    • Policing
    • Criminal Investigations
    • Legal Reforms
No Result
View All Result
Today Headline
No Result
View All Result
Home World News Us & Canada

Georgetown University graduate student detained by immigration authorities

March 20, 2025
in Us & Canada
Reading Time: 3 mins read
A A
0
Badar Khan Suri dr professor georgetown
4
SHARES
8
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


WASHINGTON — Federal immigration authorities have detained a Georgetown University graduate student from India who was teaching at the Washington institution on a student visa, his attorney said Wednesday.

Masked agents arrested the graduate student, Badar Khan Suri, outside his home in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday night, attorney Hassan Ahmad said.

The agents identified themselves as being with the Department of Homeland Security and told him the government had revoked his visa, Ahmad said. 

Badar Khan Suri.Courtesy Georgetown University

Politico first reported the news.

Ahmad called Suri’s detention “beyond contemptible” and said he has done nothing wrong.

Georgetown University said it was not aware of any misconduct by Suri.

The Department of Homeland Security and the State Department did not respond to requests for comment, including about why Suri has been detained.

He was being held at the Alexandria Staging Facility in Alexandria, Louisiana, awaiting an immigration hearing, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee locator. Ahmad confirmed his location.

Suri was detained as the Trump administration seeks to deport Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, who took part in protests against Israel and the war in Gaza, by using a section of immigration law concerning “foreign policy consequences.”

“Seeing our government abduct and jail another innocent person is beyond contemptible,” said Ahmad, Suri’s lawyer. “And 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 is a postdoctoral fellow at the Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, according to his profile on Georgetown University’s website.

His biography says he completed his Ph.D. in peace and conflict studies at the Nelson Mandela Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution at Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi in 2020. He wrote his thesis on “Transitional Democracy, Divided Societies and Prospects for Peace: A Study of State Building in Afghanistan and Iraq.”

Georgetown University said it has not been told why Suri was detained.

“We are not aware of him engaging in any illegal activity, and we have not received a reason for his detention. We support our community members’ rights to free and open inquiry, deliberation and debate, even if the underlying ideas may be difficult, controversial or objectionable,” the university said. “We expect the legal system to adjudicate this case fairly.”

Suri has traveled extensively in the conflict zones in India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Palestinian areas, his university profile says.

His Georgetown profile says he is an “interdisciplinary scholar” whose areas of interest are religion, violence and peace, ethnic conflicts and peace processes in the Middle East and South Asia.

The university says he is working on a project that looks into potential causes that hinder cooperation among religiously diverse societies and possibilities to overcome those hindrances. 

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has defended attempts to deport Khalil by saying that “no one has a right to a student visa.” A judge has temporarily blocked his deportation.

Last week, ICE arrested Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian woman who took part in protests at Columbia and who overstayed her student visa, officials said.

Suri’s attorney has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in federal court in Virginia, seeking to determine whether his detainment is lawful.



Source link

Tags: authoritiesdetainedGEORGETOWNgraduateImmigrationstudentuniversity
Previous Post

Hawley expresses skepticism of Oz over abortion, trans rights

Next Post

RFK, Jr. Wants to Let Bird Flu Spread on Poultry Farms. Why Experts Are Concerned todayheadline

Related Posts

Coastal rail closed due to landslide risk to resume service between San Diego, Orange counties

Coastal rail closed due to landslide risk to resume service between San Diego, Orange counties

May 30, 2025
5
Crews break ground on Edmonton’s Capital Line south LRT extension - Edmonton

Crews break ground on Edmonton’s Capital Line south LRT extension – Edmonton

May 30, 2025
4
Next Post
Chickens stand in a henhouse in Petaluma, California on February 18, 2025.

RFK, Jr. Wants to Let Bird Flu Spread on Poultry Farms. Why Experts Are Concerned todayheadline

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Family calls for change after B.C. nurse dies by suicide after attacks on the job

Family calls for change after B.C. nurse dies by suicide after attacks on the job

April 2, 2025
Pioneering 3D printing project shares successes

Product reduces TPH levels to non-hazardous status

November 27, 2024

Hospital Mergers Fail to Deliver Better Care or Lower Costs, Study Finds todayheadline

December 31, 2024

Police ID man who died after Corso Italia fight

December 23, 2024
Harris tells supporters 'never give up' and urges peaceful transfer of power

Harris tells supporters ‘never give up’ and urges peaceful transfer of power

0
Des Moines Man Accused Of Shooting Ex-Girlfriend's Mother

Des Moines Man Accused Of Shooting Ex-Girlfriend’s Mother

0

Trump ‘looks forward’ to White House meeting with Biden

0
Catholic voters were critical to Donald Trump’s blowout victory: ‘Harris snubbed us’

Catholic voters were critical to Donald Trump’s blowout victory: ‘Harris snubbed us’

0

Lantern pharma investors see $168,418 in stock sales todayheadline

May 30, 2025
Sex Before Bed Can Help You Sleep Better

Sexual Activity Before Bed Can Help You Sleep Better : ScienceAlert todayheadline

May 30, 2025
Coastal rail closed due to landslide risk to resume service between San Diego, Orange counties

Coastal rail closed due to landslide risk to resume service between San Diego, Orange counties

May 30, 2025
How has the federal workforce changed under Trump? : The NPR Politics Podcast : NPR

How has the federal workforce changed under Trump? : The NPR Politics Podcast : NPR

May 30, 2025

Recent News

Lantern pharma investors see $168,418 in stock sales todayheadline

May 30, 2025
1
Sex Before Bed Can Help You Sleep Better

Sexual Activity Before Bed Can Help You Sleep Better : ScienceAlert todayheadline

May 30, 2025
2
Coastal rail closed due to landslide risk to resume service between San Diego, Orange counties

Coastal rail closed due to landslide risk to resume service between San Diego, Orange counties

May 30, 2025
5
How has the federal workforce changed under Trump? : The NPR Politics Podcast : NPR

How has the federal workforce changed under Trump? : The NPR Politics Podcast : NPR

May 30, 2025
5

TodayHeadline is a dynamic news website dedicated to delivering up-to-date and comprehensive news coverage from around the globe.

Follow Us

Browse by Category

  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Basketball
  • Business & Finance
  • Climate Change
  • Crime & Justice
  • Cybersecurity
  • Economic Policies
  • Elections
  • Entertainment
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Environmental Policies
  • Europe
  • Football
  • Gadgets & Devices
  • Health
  • Medical Research
  • Mental Health
  • Middle East
  • Motorsport
  • Olympics
  • Politics
  • Public Health
  • Relationships & Family
  • Science & Environment
  • Software & Apps
  • Space Exploration
  • Sports
  • Stock Market
  • Technology & Startups
  • Tennis
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized
  • Us & Canada
  • Wildlife & Conservation
  • World News

Recent News

Lantern pharma investors see $168,418 in stock sales todayheadline

May 30, 2025
Sex Before Bed Can Help You Sleep Better

Sexual Activity Before Bed Can Help You Sleep Better : ScienceAlert todayheadline

May 30, 2025
  • Education
  • Lifestyle
  • Technology & Startups
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Advertise with Us
  • Privacy & Policy

© 2024 Todayheadline.co

Welcome Back!

OR

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Business & Finance
  • Corporate News
  • Economic Policies
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Market Trends
  • Crime & Justice
  • Court Cases
  • Criminal Investigations
  • Cybercrime
  • Legal Reforms
  • Policing
  • Education
  • Higher Education
  • Online Learning
  • Entertainment
  • Awards & Festivals
  • Celebrity News
  • Movies
  • Music
  • Health
  • Fitness & Nutrition
  • Medical Breakthroughs
  • Mental Health
  • Pandemic Updates
  • Lifestyle
  • Fashion & Beauty
  • Food & Drink
  • Home & Living
  • Politics
  • Elections
  • Government Policies
  • International Relations
  • Legislative News
  • Political Parties
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Middle East
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cybersecurity
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Gadgets & Devices
  • Industry Analysis
  • Basketball
  • Football
  • Motorsport
  • Olympics
  • Climate Change
  • Environmental Policies
  • Medical Research
  • Science & Environment
  • Space Exploration
  • Wildlife & Conservation
  • Sports
  • Tennis
  • Technology & Startups
  • Software & Apps
  • Startup Success Stories
  • Startups & Innovations
  • Tech Regulations
  • Venture Capital
  • Uncategorized
  • World News
  • Us & Canada
  • Public Health
  • Relationships & Family
  • Travel
  • Research & Innovation
  • Scholarships & Grants
  • School Reforms
  • Stock Market
  • TV & Streaming
  • Advertise with Us
  • Privacy & Policy
  • About us
  • Contact

© 2024 Todayheadline.co