The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a request from the Trump administration to re-detain Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown college professor who criticized the war in Gaza, while he continues to fight the revocation of his visa.

Judges appointed by former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden ruled in favor of Khan Suri while a judge appointed by former President Ronald Reagan dissented.

Khan Suri was arrested by masked, plainclothes officers on the evening of March 17 outside his apartment complex in Arlington, Virginia. He was moved several times while in custody to Texas and Louisiana.

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