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Maren Fagan/The Hoya | Georgetown University students will face a referendum April 14 to 16 on university divestment from companies and academic institutions engaged with Israel’s government. The referendum will have no binding effect on university policy. Georgetown students have previously called for divestment, including at campus-wide protests in April, 2024, such as the protest pictured.

GU Graduates, Current Students Publish Open Letter in Support of Khan Suri

By Nora Toscano, Executive Editor April 13, 2025

Over 400 Georgetown University graduates and current students signed an open letter demanding the release of Georgetown postdoctoral researcher Badar Khan Suri, who federal immigration officers detained...

Tony Peltier/The Hoya | Lawyers for detained Georgetown University researcher Badar Khan Suri filed motions to return him to Virginia and release him on bond, while attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have filed motions to dismiss or transfer the case to Texas.

Tracking Badar Khan Suri’s Legal Battle

By Aamir Jamil, Executive Editor April 11, 2025

Awaiting a May 1 hearing in Virginia, lawyers for detained Georgetown University researcher Badar Khan Suri and attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have exchanged several motions regarding...

Georgetown University students protested Badar Khan Suri's detainment and demanded the university become a “sanctuary campus” in a rally outside the front gates April 11.

GU Students Demand Khan Suri’s Release, Launch New Protest Coalition

By Ajani Stella, Senior News Editor April 11, 2025

Around 20 Georgetown University students called for the release of federally detained researcher Badar Khan Suri and pressured the university to oppose federal immigration officers’ deportation efforts...

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Federal Government Terminates About Six GU Community Members’ Immigration Statuses

By Nora Toscano, Senior News Editor April 10, 2025

The federal government has terminated about six Georgetown University community members’ immigration statuses, according to an update posted on a university webpage April 9.  The webpage, on the...

Publicly available flight logs suggest that the Georgetown University men's basketball team flew aboard the ICE-contracted charter airline GlobalX to reach away games — flying aboard aircraft which later carried deported migrants to Central America.

Inside GU Basketball’s Links to ICE Deportation Planes

On Dec. 14, hours after the Georgetown University men’s basketball team defeated the Syracuse University Orange, a chartered GlobalX airplane with tail number N837VA took off from Syracuse, N.Y., and...

VIEWPOINT: Reject Silence, Defend Academic Freedom at GU

VIEWPOINT: Reject Silence, Defend Academic Freedom at GU

By Minahil Mahmud March 28, 2025

On March 17, masked immigration agents arrested Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow and teacher Badar Khan Suri outside his home in Northern Virginia. Khan Suri is being held without charges in a...

VIEWPOINT: Follow Your Moral Compass

VIEWPOINT: Follow Your Moral Compass

By Rabbi Rachel Gartner March 28, 2025

In response to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s chilling detainment of the recent Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil without due process accompanied by the threat to...

Rally attendees urged the university administration to protect students and faculty from federal immigration officers and reaffirm its free speech commitments.

Tracking Badar Khan Suri’s Detention

By Aamir Jamil, Executive Editor March 28, 2025

Around 9:30 p.m. March 17, Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University postdoctoral researcher, returned home from the university after teaching and attending iftar, the meal Muslims eat after a day of fasting,...

Courtesy of Georgetown University | A federal appeals court ruled July 1that Badar Khan Suri will remain out of custody as his immigration case proceeds.

Virginia Legal, Political Community Responds to Khan Suri’s Detention

By Ruth Abramovitz and Patrick Clapsaddle March 27, 2025

Legislators and legal advocates condemned federal immigration agents’ detention of Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University researcher, as a violation of his constitutional rights. Agents from the...

Members of the Georgetown University community defended Badar Khan Suri in a faculty-organized walkout March 25.

GU Faculty Lead Walkout Supporting Khan Suri

By Ajani Stella, Academics Desk Editor March 25, 2025

About 150 members of the Georgetown University community rallied against the detainment of Badar Khan Suri, the Georgetown postdoctoral researcher held by federal immigration officials, at a walkout March...

Alexander Brown/The Hoya | The Georgetown Resident Assistant Coalition (GRAC) and Georgetown University completed its third and fourth rounds of bargaining for the tentative contract on Oct. 21 and Oct. 30, respectively.

Groves Defends Free Speech Amid Khan Suri Detention

By Aamir Jamil and Ruth Abramovitz March 25, 2025

Interim President Robert M. Groves defended free speech and interreligious dialogue in an email sent to community members March 25, addressing the March 17 detention of Badar Khan Suri, the Georgetown...

Tony Peltier/ The Hoya | President Trump and Georgetown University have been on opposing sides of immigration conflicts since his first term

Khan Suri’s Detention One of Many Clashes Between GU, Trump on Immigration

By Paulina Inglima, Senior Features Editor March 24, 2025

Though Georgetown University managed contentious relations with the federal government, particularly on immigration, during President Donald Trump’s first term, the detention of a Georgetown postdoctoral...

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