US court affirms release of pro-Palestine scholar as legal battle continues
- Appeal judges’ decision to side with Georgetown’s Badar Khan Suri against Trump sets up Supreme Court intervention.
- A 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 war on Gaza.
- In a 2-1 decision, the Virginia-based US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that federal immigration law did not bar a lower court judge from ordering Badar Khan Suri to be released.
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- Appeal judges’ decision to side with Georgetown’s Badar Khan Suri against Trump sets up Supreme Court intervention.
- A 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 war on Gaza.
- In a 2-1 decision, the Virginia-based US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that federal immigration law did not bar a lower court judge from ordering Badar Khan Suri to be released.
Sources: Al Jazeera