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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Keep Badar Suri Detained

By Drooid · Sep 24, 2026, 10:47 PM UTC · How we work

Center

Sauer Calls Ruling Disastrous

President Donald Trump’s administration filed a Supreme Court petition to overturn a court order releasing Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri from detention.
Administrators argue permitting detainees to challenge deportations would disrupt enforcement, and Solicitor General D. John Sauer called the 4th Circuit ruling “disastrous.”
Suri was arrested in 2025, released May after judge ruled detention retaliated against speech.
In August 2026 parties agreed Suri was no longer deportable, dismissing the case.

Left

Silencing Scholar Speech

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration filed a petition with the Supreme Court to overturn a court order releasing Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri from detention.
The filing is portrayed as endangering due-process protections and silencing a scholar for exercising political speech.
The ACLU says the government falsely claimed Suri’s presence threatened a compelling foreign-policy interest.
Suri spent two months in an overcrowded, unsanitary ICE facility in Alvaredo, Texas.

Blindspot

Suri was held for two months in an overcrowded, unsanitary ICE facility in Alvaredo, Texas, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered his visa revoked over alleged Hamas propaganda.
Within this story's sources, this detail appears mainly in Left-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Center-leaning coverage.

History

Historical Context

After Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 on Feb 19 1942, forcing the internment of about 120,000 Japanese Americans. The Supreme Court upheld the order in Korematsu v. United States (Dec 18 1944), a ruling later repudiated by Trump v. Hawaii (2018). In 2026 the Trump administration petitioned the Court to reverse a district court decision freeing scholar Badar Khan Suri, echoing past deference to executive power.

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Sauer Calls Ruling Disastrous

President Donald Trump’s administration filed a Supreme Court petition to overturn a court order releasing Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri from detention.
Administrators argue permitting detainees to challenge deportations would disrupt enforcement, and Solicitor General D. John Sauer called the 4th Circuit ruling “disastrous.”
Suri was arrested in 2025, released May after judge ruled detention retaliated against speech.
In August 2026 parties agreed Suri was no longer deportable, dismissing the case.

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