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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Detained professor's case to stay in Virginia

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Georgetown professor Badar Khan Suri was detained and transported to Texas after purported visa issues, but a federal judge noted the "atypical movement" of the transfer and said Virginia should retain habeas corpus jurisdiction over the issue.

Read the ruling here.

See our previous coverage here.

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