Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to allow detention of pro-Palestinian scholar
The petition argues federal courts lack authority to free immigration detainees and cites a circuit split as the justices weigh a redetention request.
- On Monday, the Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court to overturn a decision allowing Georgetown University scholar Badar Khan Suri to remain free, seeking to redetain the researcher after his release earlier this year.
- Immigration authorities detained Khan Suri in March 2025, alleging he threatened U.S. foreign policy, but a district court judge subsequently ordered his release, finding the government likely violated his First Amendment rights.
- A 2-1 panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in July that federal courts maintain jurisdiction over such cases, with Judge DeAndrea Benjamin writing that "no provision within the immigration code deprived" federal courts of authority.
- Solicitor General John Sauer argued in Monday's petition that the appellate decision risks disrupting immigration enforcement nationwide, stating, "That is all practically disastrous," while asserting noncitizens must petition immigration courts.
- DOJ lawyers cited a "clear divide" among federal circuits as grounds for the appeal, aiming to resolve conflicting legal rulings involving the release of activist Mahmoud Khalil before the Supreme Court.
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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow DHS detention of pro-Palestinian scholar
President Trump has asked the Supreme Court to hear a case involving a Georgetown University scholar who was targeted for deportation last year after a government artificial intelligence tool flagged his social media posts as too pro-Palestinian.
Trump administration asks US Supreme Court to allow detention of pro-Palestinian scholar
President Donald Trump's administration has asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a decision that led to the release of a Georgetown University scholar who had advocated for Palestinian rights and opposed Israel's war in Gaza.
DOJ Appeals Khan Suri Decision to Supreme Court
Trump administration lawyers asked the Supreme Court to allow federal immigration authorities to redetain Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher Badar Khan Suri after an appeals court determined he could remain free as his immigration case proceeds. The U.S. Department of Justice’s petition, filed Sept. 21, argues that federal courts do not have jurisdiction to free noncitizens from… Source
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