Georgetown University Researcher Detained by ICE, Accused of ‘Actively Spreading Hamas Propaganda and Promoting Antisemitism’: Report

A researcher studying at Georgetown University was detained by federal immigration authorities on Monday over allegations by the Trump administration that the foreign exchange student spread Hamas propaganda through social media, according to reports.

Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national in the US on a student visa, was arrested at his home in Rosslyn, Virginia, by masked agents from the Department of Homeland Security, his lawyer alleges in a lawsuit obtained by CBS News and Politico.

Suri, who both teaches and studies at the university as a postdoctoral associate and is married to a US citizen, was told by the DHS agents that his student visa had been revoked, the suit stated

The Trump administration alleged that Suri was “actively spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism on social media,” CBS reported.

A DHS spokesperson claimed the Georgetown student had “close connections” to a senior adviser to Hamas which Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined “rendered him deportable” under the Immigration and Nationality Act on March 15. (Read more from “Georgetown University Researcher Detained by ICE, Accused of ‘Actively Spreading Hamas Propaganda and Promoting Antisemitism’: Report” HERE)

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