US seeks to deport pro-Palestinian Georgetown University student

Jack Queen - Reuters - 20/03
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has detained an Indian man studying at Washington's Georgetown University and is seeking to deport him after deeming him a harm to U.S. foreign policy, the student's lawyer said on Wednesday.
  • Homeland Security accuses Indian student of Hamas ties, lacks evidence
  • Student Badar Khan Suri detained in Louisiana, pending court hearing on deportation
  • Georgetown University unaware of Suri's alleged illegal activities
  • Trump targets pro-Palestinian protestors for deportation
WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK, March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has detained an Indian man studying at Washington's Georgetown University and is seeking to deport him after deeming him a harm to U.S. foreign policy, the student's lawyer said on Wednesday.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security accused Badar Khan Suri of ties to the Palestinian militant group Hamas and said he had spread Hamas propaganda and antisemitism on social media, according to a statement it shared with Fox News.

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The DHS statement to Fox News, which was reposted by White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, did not cite evidence. It said Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that Suri's activities "rendered him deportable."
Suri - who is living in the U.S. on a student visa and is married to an American citizen - has been detained in Alexandria, Louisiana, and is awaiting a court date in immigration court, his lawyer said. Federal agents arrested him outside his home in Rosslyn, Virginia, on Monday night.
The case comes as Trump seeks to deport foreigners who took part in pro-Palestinian protests against U.S. ally Israel's war in Gaza following an October 2023 Hamas attack. Tr...
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