U.S. immigration authorities have detained a Georgetown University graduate student from India, who also teaches at the school, for allegedly having close ties to Hamas and spreading the terrorist group's propaganda and "promoting antisemitism on social media."
The detainee, Badar Khan Suri, was arrested Monday outside of his home in Arlington, Virginia, his attorney, Hassan Ahmad, said Wednesday.
Ahmad said his client is in the U.S. on a student visa to teach at the school. He also said the authorities who arrested Suri said they were with the Department of Homeland Security and informed him that his visa had been revoked by the government.
"Suri has close connections to a known or suspected terrorist, who is a senior advisor to Hamas," Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote on X. "The Secretary of State issued a determination on March 15, 2025 that Suri's activities and presence in the United States rendered him deportable under INA section 237(a)(4)(C)(i).
McLaughlin cited a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act that "renders an alien deportable if the Secretary of State has reasonable grounds to believe that their presence or activities in the United States would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences."
Georgetown University, a private Jesuit college in Washington, D.C., said it wasn't aware of Suri doing anything wrong, according to NBC News.
Meanwhile, the FBI has stopped hunting grandmothers in red hats and is now rolling up long-sought fugitives.
FBI Director Kash Patel
@FBIDirectorKash
BREAKING: I can now confirm that last night, working with @TheJusticeDept
and other interagency partners, the FBI has extradited one of our "Ten Most Wanted" from Mexico -- one we believe to be a key senior leader of MS-13, Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales.
He was arrested in Mexico and is being transported within the U.S. as we speak, where he will face American justice.
This is a major victory both for our law enforcement partners and for a safer America.
Thank you to our brave personnel for executing the mission. And thank you to Mexico's SSPC and FGE teams for their support of the FBI in this investigation and arrest.
FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed Tuesday that one of the nation's most wanted fugitives, Francisco Javier Román-Bardales, has been successfully extradited from Mexico and is now in U.S. custody. Román-Bardales, a senior figure within the violent MS-13 gang, was arrested in Veracruz and immediately processed for extradition under joint efforts by U.S. and Mexican authorities.
Patel praised the mission's execution, thanking American personnel and Mexican law enforcement for their cooperation. "This is a major victory both for our law enforcement partners and for a safer America," he stated.
Román-Bardales has been charged in the United States with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, racketeering, and human trafficking, among other serious offenses. He is accused of orchestrating violent attacks on civilians and rival gangs, as well as overseeing MS-13's extensive drug trafficking and extortion networks.
The Trump administration has classified MS-13 as a terrorist organization, broadening the legal framework for pursuing its members. Some officials argue that this designation could pave the way for U.S. strikes against cartel operations in Mexico.
The DHS is also seizing smuggled drugs on the seas.
Homeland Security: Coast Guard has seized $500M of drugs in recent months
BY Susan Carpenter
The U.S. Coast Guard has seized more than $500 million worth of cocaine and marijuana off the coasts of Mexico, South America and Central America in recent months, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday.
In what Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called "an unprecedented seizure of illicit drugs," two Coast Guard vessels intercepted over 45,000 pounds of cocaine and 50 pounds of marijuana headed for the U.S.
What You Need To Know
The U.S. Coast Guard has seized more than $500,000 million worth of cocaine and marijuana off the coast of Mexico, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday
Two Coast Guard vessels intercepted over 45,000 pounds of cocaine and 50 pounds of marijuana headed for the U.S. in recent months
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called it "an unprecedented seizure of illicit drugs"
Many of the drug cartels the Coast Guard encountered in its recent cocaine seizures were among the eight groups Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated as foreign terrorist organizations last month
"This action is a testimony to President Trump's commitment to delivering for the American people and his unwavering dedication to our military strength, to our border security, our law enforcement, to our producing incredible results," Noem said at a portside event where she was flanked by Coast Guard officers. "His leadership is making America safe again."
The drug seizure is the result of 14 different interdictions of drug-smuggling vessels off the coasts of Mexico, South America and Central America, four of which happened over a span of 15 minutes.
Since President Donald Trump was sworn in, the U.S. has seized over 80,000 pounds of illegal drugs, according to U.S. Coast Guard acting Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday. The drugs were intercepted by the Coast Guard in partnership with the departments of Homeland Security, Justice and Defense and 22 Central American, South American and European partners.
It's amazing what a government can do when it's focused on actual government functions, rather than being weaponized into the Armed Wing of the Democrat Party.