A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University researcher from India, after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alleged he had ties to the Hamas terror group and was promoting its propaganda while in the United States on a student visa.
Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued an order on March 20, preventing DHS from removing Suri from the country while his legal challenge remains pending. The decision invokes the All Writs Act, which allows courts to issue orders necessary to preserve their jurisdiction.
