Washington/New Delhi, March 21 -- A US federal judge has ordered the Trump administration not to proceed, for now, with the deportation an Indian-born Georgetown researcher who was arrested for his alleged anti-Semitic social media posts and close ties with a known senior advisor to Hamas.
US District Judge Patricia Giles issued the brief directive on Thursday, declaring that Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow from Georgetown University, "shall not be removed from the United States unless and until the Court issues a contrary order", Politico reported.
Giles, an appointee of President Joe Biden, said the order was needed to ensure that the court can resolve a petition Suri filed seeking his release.
The judge issued the order shortly...