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US deports Indian student over support for Hamas
India Today
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3/20/2025
Bahadur Khan Suri, an Indian national and postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University, has been detained by US federal immigration authorities. His visa has been revoked over alleged support for Hamas.
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Another Indian student to be deported is what we're learning.
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Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national and postdoctoral fellow in Georgetown University,
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has been detained by federal immigration authorities.
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His visa has been revoked.
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This over support to Hamas is what we're learning.
00:21
I'm going to go straight across to Geeta Mohan for more details on that story.
00:26
Geeta, what more can you tell us about this student,
00:28
an Indian national, a postdoctoral fellow from Georgetown University?
00:34
Well, that's right.
00:35
Trisha McLaughlin, who is the spokesperson at the Department of Homeland Security,
00:39
has confirmed that Suri, who is an Indian national,
00:43
has been suspected of terrorism and is a senior advisor to Hamas.
00:49
And the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, issued a determination,
00:54
which is in order, that his visa be revoked
00:58
and that he is now, quote-unquote, deportable.
01:01
So he is at a detention center right now.
01:05
While his lawyers have put in a petition to the department saying that it is not him,
01:13
but he has a Palestinian-of-origin American wife,
01:17
and her activities could be the reason why the actions are being taken against him.
01:24
But the Department of Homeland Security is very, very clear on the grounds
01:29
on which his visa has been revoked.
01:32
And they, in no uncertain terms, have mentioned that he was actively,
01:39
again, according to DHS, was spreading Hamas propaganda
01:46
and promoting anti-Semitism on social media.
01:50
They have been opposing American action against Palestine,
01:56
or the support to Israel on the actions that Israel is taking in Palestine on the Gaza Strip.
02:02
Now, there have been open advocates of peace and a ceasefire.
02:07
But this is a very serious charge.
02:10
He is in detention, and in all probability,
02:13
because he is deportable, will be sent back to India.
02:17
He's a pro-Palestinian student.
02:18
And the message, Gita, from the Trump administration has been very clear
02:21
that this sort of dissent isn't going to be allowed.
02:24
Having said that, do these students have any other option, any legal option at all?
02:32
Well, if the visa is revoked, there is no legal action that can be taken on the decision
02:39
taken by the federal administration.
02:42
But yes, his lawyers are fighting on Trump administration violating the First Amendment
02:48
itself by retaliating against non-citizens.
02:53
He is not a citizen.
02:54
His wife, indeed, is.
02:56
They also have a child.
02:57
So sending them back will invite lawsuits by these students.
03:04
One will have to wait and see how the courts really decide
03:07
on the decisions being taken by the federal administration.
03:10
With regards to decision on what comprises First Amendment, freedom of speech,
03:19
and what then falls in the realm of terrorism and supporting terrorist organizations.
03:28
All right.
03:29
Gita, getting in those details of Foreign Affairs Editor, with that,
03:33
with her inputs and with her perspective on that important story that we are tracking,
03:36
this is the second student in the last few days to be deported back.
03:41
A postdoctoral student who is considered pro-Palestine is getting deported from the U.S.
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