A university student and part -time professor is confronted with deportation about his alleged ties with Hamas in the midst of the immigration content of President Donald Trump.
Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national and postgraduate student at the University of Georgetown, was taken into custody by masked ice officers outside his house in Rosslyn, Virginia On Monday evening.
Suri's lawyer Hassan Ahmad submitted a petition to the federal court in Virginia on Tuesday That of the Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, Polito reports.
He claimed that his client is only the target because his wife is a Palestinian, and noted that they have been 'long doxxed and lubricated' for their support for Palestinian rights.
However, the Ministry of Interior Security claims that Suri was involved in 'Active distribution of Hamas -Propaganda' and 'Promoting anti -Semitism'.
His wife, Maphmad Yousef Saleh, Is the daughter of Ahmed Yousef who was an advisor Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza, according to Campus Watch.
“Suri was a foreign exchange at the University of Georgetown who actively distributed Hamas -Propaganda and promotes anti -Semitism on social media,” a spokesperson for the Domestic Security Department told FOX News.
'Suri has close ties with a well -known or suspected terrorist, who is a senior advisor to Hamas.
Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national and postdoctoral student at the University of Georgetown, was detained on Monday evening in Rosslyn, Virginia in custody
Suri's wife, Maphmad Yousef Saleh, (right) is the daughter of the old Hamas leader Ahmed Yousef (left) -who served as a high Hamas officer in Gaza and was a consultant of Hamas -leader Ismail Haniyeh
“On March 15, 2025, the State Secretary published a determination that the activities and presence of Suri in the United States made him deportable under Ina Section 237 (A) (4) (C) (I).”
Suri endorsed Hamas Online, although his bio in Georgetown says he focuses his studies on the 'peace process in the middle -east'.
In one now removed, he reportedly denied reports from the Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
“Three lies of Israeli occupation, no evidence of babies beheaded, rapes or mass murder at Carnival,” wrote the postdoctoral student, who also gives a class about majority and minority rights in South Asia, at that time, according to Campus Watch.
In another message from years ago, Suri reportedly expressed support for Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yasin.
It is said that he posted a video with the text: 'This is what Hamas claims. Sheikh Yaseen gives the reasons why his group fights for their country that has been stolen. '
Suri reportedly even posted a video with Hamas terrorists who keep Israeli child hostages and write: “This is how Hamas men deal with children on October 7.”
His wife, an American citizen, has also expressed himself on social media about her support for the terrorist group and spoke about her role in the Hamas government.
Mapheze, an American citizen, reportedly expressed her hatred for her adopted company and stated in Arabic on Instagram: “America is the plague”
She said Arabic Language Media that she had to break the siege in Gaza at the terror group commission – which was coincidentally chaired by her father, reports the National Review.
At one point, she reportedly pronounced her hatred for her adopted company and explained in Arabic on Instagram: “America is the plague.”
On Monday, agents Suri inquired that they were at the Department of Homeland Security and told him that his student visa was withdrawn, a petition for his release claims.
It says that Suri was placed in deportation procedures under the same provision of the immigration legislation that the Trump government has called in to try to deport Khalil.
The provision gives the State Secretary the power to deport non -citizens if he or she determines that their constant presence in the United States would threaten foreign policy – although Suri has not been accused of a crime in the United States.
After his arrest on Monday, Suri was taken to a facility in Virginia and is expected to be transferred to a detention center in Texas soon.
From Wednesday evening an online locator for immigration prisoners showed that he was in an immigration and customs enforcement staging center at an airport in Alexandria, Louisiana, Politico reports.
His lawyer Hassan Ahmad said he was unable to contact his client since he was held, and said he is not sure if he will have to refill Suri's petition in Louisiana.
Ahmad told Polito that he is prepared “to do what we can do to free up our client from detention and to afford an appropriate process.”
Suri gives a class about majority and minority rights in South Asia on the Washington DC school (photo)
He then went to the Trump administration For Suri's arrest.
“This is just another example of our government that kidnapped people in the same way as they kidnapped Khalil,” Ahmad argued.
The Khalil case has become a flash point for Trump's promise to deport activists who participated in the Gulf of Protests at the American university campuses against Israel's military attack on Gaza.
The Trump government has claimed that Pro-Palestinian protests at university campuses have included support for Hamas and anti-Semitic intimidation of Jewish students.
But the supporters of Khalil say that his arrest is an attack on free speech and organizes protests in the city and throughout the country.
However, State Secretary Marco Rubio has fired back to critics of Khalil's arrest and says that it is 'not about freedom of expression'.
'If you come to the United States as a visitor, what a visa is, that is how this person entered this country, on a visitor visa, you are here as a visitor. We can deny you that visa, “argued the American top diplomat.
If someone said they were planning to come to the US if a student 'and all kinds of anti-Jewish student, anti-Semitic activities' and universities would lock up, they would be denied the visa, Rubio said.
He added: “If you actually do that once you are in this country on such a visa, we will withdraw it.”
“This is not about free speech. This is about people who do not have the right to start in the United States to start, “said the State Secretary.
'Nobody is entitled to a student visa. Nobody is entitled to a green card, “Rubio added.
He said that the US can deny one for 'almost every reason'.
Suri reportedly endorsed Hamas online, although his bio in Georgetown says he focuses on the 'Peace Process in the Middle East'
That included “a supporter of Hamas and coming to our universities and turning it upside down, and being complicit in what clear crimes are of vandalization are complicit in closing learning institutions.”
In a statement to DailyMail.com, Georgetown University said that it was not aware of Suri who did illegal activities.
'Dr. Khan Suri is an Indian national who has received a visa to enter the United States to continue his doctoral research into peace building in Iraq and Afghanistan.
'We are not aware of the fact that he is doing illegal activities, and we have received no reason for his detention.
'We support the rights of our community members to free and open research, consultation and debate, even if the underlying ideas can be difficult, controversial or offensive. We expect the legal system to fairly assess this case. '
