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US Justice Department asks Supreme Court to overturn Suri release
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The US Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court to overturn the release of Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri. The petition challenges whether a federal judge could order his release while immigration proceedings were pending.
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The US Department of Justice petitioned the Supreme Court to review whether immigration law barred a lower-court judge from ordering Badar Khan Suri’s release.
“the US Department of Justice (DOJ) petitioned the high court to consider whether federal immigration law barred the lower-court judge from ordering Suri’s release”
Badar Khan Suri was released on the orders of a district court judge in May 2025.
“Suri was brought to Texas after his detention and freed in May 2025 on the orders of a district court judge”
Badar Khan Suri was arrested by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers outside his home in Rosslyn, Virginia, in March 2025.
“Suri was first arrested by masked US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers outside his home in Rosslyn, Virginia, in March 2025”