Badar Khan Suri, a foreign researcher at Georgetown University, agreed to a settlement with the Trump administration on Tuesday that partially resolves the monthslong deportation dispute.

Suri was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in March over his praise of Hamas and his wife’s familial connection to the Palestinian terrorist group. His release from immigration detention was then ordered by a judge in May, as the case drew national attention for its similarities to other detained international students, such as Columbia University’s Mahmoud Khalil. An appeals court later upheld the ruling in favor of Suri.

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The new settlement allows Suri to return working as a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service. However, it does not resolve whether Suri has a right to remain in the United States. The State Department may still revoke his visa or deport him, according to his lawyers.

Suri’s status as a foreign exchange student, along with the status of his children, remains intact unless the Trump administration finds a “newly discovered, independent legal ground” to target him. If the federal government chooses to do so, he will be notified 21 days in advance of any such action.

Suri’s student status was also retroactively reinstated to March 18, the day after he was detained.

ICE arrested Suri because his wife, Mapheze Saleh, a U.S. citizen, is the daughter of a former senior Hamas adviser named Ahmad Yousef. Suri was also accused of spreading Hamas propaganda and antisemitic rhetoric.

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After Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined that he could be deported under the Immigration and Nationality Act, authorities proceeded to arrest the Georgetown postdoctoral student in northern Virginia. Suri has lived in Rosslyn, Virginia, with his wife and three children since 2022.

Tuesday’s settlement cancels a court hearing initially scheduled for Friday over Suri’s bid to reinstate his legal status. The Department of Homeland Security terminated his records in March, but they are now reinstated as part of the agreement.