‘Has Close Connections’: Trump’s DHS Nabs Another Foreign Student On Suspected Terror Ties

The Trump administration arrested a Georgetown University student Monday night, marking the latest apprehension of a foreign national accused of promoting extremist sympathies while attending a major U.S. university.

Federal immigration authorities arrested Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national who most recently worked as a researcher at the Washington, D.C.,-based Georgetown University campus, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation. DHS accuses Suri of spreading Hamas propaganda, promoting anti-Semitism and having close ties to a senior adviser to Hamas.

“Suri was a foreign exchange student at Georgetown University actively spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism on social media,” a DHS spokesperson stated to the DCNF. “Suri has close connections to a known or suspected terrorist, who is a senior advisor to Hamas.”

“The Secretary of State issued a determination on March 15, 2025 that Suri’s activities and presence in the United States rendered him deportable,” the spokesperson continued.

The Indian national, working and studying on a student visa, was detained by immigration agents Monday night in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C., according to Politico. His lawyers are arguing that he is being targeted by the Trump administration for his support of Palestine and because of his wife’s Palestinian heritage.

Suri’s petition for release says his wife, Mapheze Saleh, is being accused of having ties to Hamas and formerly worked for Al Jazeera, a major news company largely funded by the Qatari government, according to Politico. An article