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The Donald Trump administration is going strong with their strange agenda against academics as a new report by Politico has now revealed that Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a scholar of Indian nationality, has been arrested by the Department of Homeland Security. There are no strong charges against him and he lives in the US on his valid student visa and is married to a US citizen.
Politico has reported that Suri was arrested right outside his home in Virginia by “masked agents” who mentioned that they were with the DHS. Despite not having anything criminal against him, Suri is now awaiting his transfer to Texas as he has been targeted for deportation.
Previously, Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was arrested on the similar vague statute that is cited by the Trump administration to make these kinds of arrests. Khalil had legal permanent residency in the US during his arrest and he was a Columbia University graduate student who led pro-Palestine protests the previous year. The bizarre statute that the Trump administration makes regarding these arrests say that they can arrest anyone whom they consider a threat to the country.
