Indian scholar Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University, has been arrested by US immigration authorities and faces deportation over alleged ties to Hamas. Suri, accused of spreading Hamas propaganda and having links to a suspected terrorist, was taken into custody outside his Virginia home. His lawyer claims the arrest is politically motivated due to his wife's Palestinian heritage.

In another case, Ranjani Srinivasan, a doctoral student at Columbia University, was forced to self-deport after her visa was revoked for alleged pro-Palestine activism. The US Department of Homeland Security labeled her a “terrorist sympathizer.”

Georgetown University and human rights activists are calling for due process, while US officials defend the move as a national security measure. With rising tensions on academic freedom and civil rights, these cases ignite a global debate on dissent, security, and political suppression.