A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the release of Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral scholar at Georgetown University who was arrested and targeted for deportation last month by the Trump administration.

Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow, was arrested in March at his home in Virginia over alleged ties to Hamas, a designated terrorist organisation.

DALLAS, TX – Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University researcher, has been released on the order of a federal judge from an immigration detention center in Texas. The ruling allows the Indian national and postdoctoral fellow to return to his Virginia home as his legal team continues to challenge his detention in court.