US court affirms release of pro-Palestine scholar as legal battle continues
The court also rejected the Trump administration’s request to move the case from Virginia to Texas.“If a noncitizen is challenging their detention pending removal, then waiting for their removal proceedings does them no good. Khan Suri from his home in Virginia before moving him among five different ICE facilities across three states in a shameless attempt to find a court that would be friendlier to his unlawful detention,” Heilman said, using the acronym for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The appeal court’s decision came after two other federal appeals courts overturned decisions by lower-court judges that had led to the release of pro-Palestinian campus activists.
- ▪The court also rejected the Trump administration’s request to move the case from Virginia to Texas.“If a noncitizen is challenging their detention pending removal, then waiting for their removal proceedings does them no good.
- ▪Khan Suri from his home in Virginia before moving him among five different ICE facilities across three states in a shameless attempt to find a court that would be friendlier to his unlawful detention,” Heilman said, using the acronym for Im
- ▪The appeal court’s decision came after two other federal appeals courts overturned decisions by lower-court judges that had led to the release of pro-Palestinian campus activists.
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News|Donald TrumpUS court affirms release of pro-Palestine scholar as legal battle continuesAppeal judges’ decision to side with Georgetown’s Badar Khan Suri against Trump sets up Supreme Court intervention.ListenListen (3 mins)SaveClick here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoBadar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University scholar from India, speaks after he was released from an immigration detention facility in Alvarado, Texas, May 14, 2025 [Kendria LaFleur, File/AP Photo]By Al Jazeera Staff and ReutersPublished On 24 Jul 202624 Jul 2026A United States appeals court has rejected immigration authorities’ push to re-detain a Georgetown University scholar, who is facing deportation for his activism against Israel’s genocidal…
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