Goa, March 20 -- Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University's Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, was detained by the Trump administration on Wednesday and faces deportation. The US Department of Homeland Security accused Suri of spreading propaganda for the Palestinian militant group Hamas and promoting antisemitism on social media.

Suri, who was studying on a student visa and is married to an American citizen, was arrested outside his home in Rosslyn, Virginia, on Monday night. He is currently held in Alexandria, Louisiana, awaiting an immigration court hearing.

Suri's lawyer contested the accusations, stating that Suri is an accomplished scholar focused on conflict resolution. The lawyer...