The report states that a federal judge blocked the Trump administration's attempt to deport Georgetown University students who were accused of sharing Hamas propaganda on social media.
Biden's appointee, US District Judge Patricia Toliver Giles, ordered that the Indian National Badar Khan Sri cannot be excluded from the country until the court issues a counter-order following the arrest of the Academic on Monday.
The pickpocket is currently being held at the Immigration Detention Center in Louisiana. Online records are shown. His lawyers have filed a petition for his release and are seeking to return him to Virginia.
A spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security argued that Sri “actively spread Hamas propaganda and promotes anti-Semitism on social media.” CBS reported.
The postdoc associate was taken into custody at his home in Roslyn, Virginia, where he lives with his wife, Mapeze Sale and three children.
According to CBS, the Ice Agent, who was arrested Monday, told Suri that his student visa had been revoked, according to a petition filed by his lawyer.
Officials have argued the outlet that Suri had “close ties” with Hamas officials and spread hatred-filled anti-Israel rhetoric on social media.
Suri's lawyers alleged that his detention was “unjust” and a violation of due process rights, according to the report.
The application from Suri's lawyers alleges that he and his wife were mistakenly painted as anti-Semitic by “blacklist sites.” Canary Missionclaims to identify individuals engaged in anti-Israel politics.
The site claims that Saleh, a Georgetown University student studying with a Masters in the Arts, is the daughter of former senior adviser to Ahmed Youssef of Hamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Saleh's profile lists Suri, who previously expressed support for Hamas.
Pick up is in the US on a student visa. He is a graduate student and professor at Georgetown University and said he is unaware of allegations of illegality.
“We don't notice [Suri] In a statement to the Post Wednesday, Columbia said: “He engaged in illegal activities and had not received any reason for his detention.
In a statement, the university said Sri is conducting doctoral research on “peacebuilding in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
