1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

I am writing to ask you to call for the immediate release of Dr. Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow in peace and conflict studies at Georgetown University was detained by Department of Homeland Security agents on his way home from teaching an evening class on March 17. Suri, an Indian citizen, is a fellow at the Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, an interfaith research center housed at the school's D.C. campus. Around 8PM that day, he was approached by a group of individuals wearing face coverings who identified themselves as DHS agents, according to court filings. The agents, who detained him near his home in Arlington, Virginia, informed him that the U.S. government had revoked his J-1 visa. After being taken into custody, Suri was transferred to an ICE detention facility in Virginia, where he was briefly able to call his family, before he was transferred again to a facility in Louisiana, where he is currently being held. Since then, neither his family nor his lawyers have been able to speak with Suri. Please demand his immediately access to his lawyers and family. Thank you