Would appreciate knowing other names that should be added to my #ICE #detentions list. I use #obsidian as a #pkm to track the lawsuits to stay informed (not all have active suits..)
#abregogarcia
#mahmoudkhalil
#badarsuri
#fabianschmidt
#lewelyndixon
#alfredojuarez
#rumeysaozturk

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#Immigration ofcls also detained #Palestinian activist & #Columbia graduate #MahmoudKhalil – a #GreenCard holder – earlier this month in front of his pregnant wife, Noor, a US citizen. Other students detained by immigration ofcls include #BadarSuri, an Indian postdoctoral fellow at #Georgetown […]

International Student Activist Momodou Taal Sues to Block Trump Orders Targeting Protesters At Cornell University in New York state, outspoken international student activist Momodou Taal has filed a lawsuit along with two others, seeking to block Trump’s executive orders targeting Palestinian rights activists. The three Cornell plaintiffs argue they’ve been “unconstitutionally silenced.” Last year, Momodou Taal, a British and Ghanaian national, was twice suspended for his activism by Cornell, which moved to cancel his student visa but ultimately backed down. Taal says law enforcement agents started following him around after he filed his lawsuit earlier this week. Supporters at Cornell mobilized Thursday to demand “hands off Momodou!” Last month, Taal told Democracy Now! why he would never stop advocating for Palestinian rights. Momodou Taal: “When we say Palestine is a litmus test, we’re saying that it is not that we privilege the Palestinian cause over every other cause, but rather Palestine holds a mirror up unto the world and says, 'What kind of world do we want to live in?'” Click here to our full interview with Momodou Taal.

For more on #MomodouTaal’s case →

www.democracynow.org/2025/3/21/headlines/inte...

#immigration #law #Constitution #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #FreedomOfAssembly #MahmoudKhalil #BadarSuri

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Another case like #MahmoudKhalil & #BadarSuri:

On March 15, #MomodouTaal, a #CornellUniversity PhD student w/ #UK & #Gambia citizenship, here on a #StudentVisa, filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn #Trump's EO aimed at foreign students accused of "antisemitism”.

This morning at 12:52AM, the […]

This matter comes before the Court on Petitioner Badar Khan Suri's Petition for Writ of HabeasCorpus, which was filed on March 18, 2025. According to the Petition, on March 17, 2025, the DHS arrested & charged Petitioner w/removability, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(4)(C). At the time of filing, Petitioner alleged that he was presently being detained at the Farmville Detention Center in Farmville, Virginia. Pursuant to the Court's authority to preserve its jurisdiction under the All Writs Act, pending a ruling on the Petition, it is hereby ORDERED that Petitioner shall not be removed from the United States unless & until the Court issues a contrary order.…

In response to #BadarSuri's Petition for Writ of #HabeasCorpus, Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles says the detained #Georgetown researcher cannot be deported *for now*
The arrest of #BadarSuri, DHS claimed Suri was spreading “Hamas propaganda,” arrested & sent him to a […]

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a screenshot from obsidian software

Regrettably, I had to create a new category today due to #badarsuri being abducted by #ice

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#BadarSuri has NO criminal record & has not been charged w/a crime, his petition says. His #detention & petition have not been previously reported.

Suri’s lawyer, Hassan Ahmad, argued in his petition that Suri is being punished because of the #Palestinian heritage of his wife — who is a […]

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The agents identified themselves as being w/ #DHS & told #BadarSuri the govt had revoked his #visa…
Suri…was put in #deportation proceedings under the same rarely used provision of #immigration #law that the govt invoked to deport #MahmoudKhalil, the #ColumbiaUniversity grad student & […]

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#Trump is seeking to #deport another #academic who is legally in the country

Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at #Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a US #citizen w/ #Palestinian heritage.
Hooded #ICE agents snatched the India-born Georgetown postdoc […]