Georgetown Professor Badar Khan Suri Held as High-Risk Threat in ICE Jail

Visit to ICE Detention Facility

• 👨‍🏫 Nadir Hashimi, a Georgetown professor, visited his colleague Badar Khan Suri in an ICE detention facility in Texas.
• 🚨 Hashimi was shocked to learn Suri had been designated a high-security, high-risk threat prisoner by the Department of Homeland Security.
• ⛓️ Suri faces restricted rights, including only two hours of fresh air per week and constant roll calls.
• 🗣️ Communication with Suri was through a window via an intercom telephone, not face-to-face.

Suri's Spirit of Resistance

• ✊ Suri expressed that his suffering and his family's pain would be worth it if it exposed the naked authoritarianism of the Trump administration.
• 🕊️ He also stated his incarceration could help keep a spotlight on the genocide in Gaza.
• 💪 Hashimi was touched by Suri's willingness to fight back and push against the charges.

Legal Case and Concerns

• ⚖️ Mary Bower, executive director of the ACLU of Virginia, explained Suri was picked up for speaking out for peace and due to his political views and family association.
• 🚶‍♂️ Suri was arrested by masked agents without due process and moved across at least five ICE facilities to Texas, over a thousand miles from his home in Virginia.
• ❓ A Biden-appointed judge questioned the government on why Suri was repeatedly moved and taken far from his family, demanding answers within 24 hours.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Suri is separated from his wife, a U.S. citizen of Palestinian descent, and their three children, who have not seen him in person for 44 days.
• 🗓️ The judge indicated she would rule quickly after receiving the government's response to specific questions about the secretive nature of Suri's transfers.