{"id":2581086,"date":"2026-03-17T20:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-asks-appeals-court-to-allow-detention-of-hamas-praising-foreign-researcher\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T20:58:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:58:52","slug":"doj-asks-appeals-court-to-allow-detention-of-hamas-praising-foreign-researcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-asks-appeals-court-to-allow-detention-of-hamas-praising-foreign-researcher\/","title":{"rendered":"DOJ asks appeals court to allow detention of Hamas-praising foreign researcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoj-asks-appeals-court-to-allow-detention-of-hamas-praising-foreign-researcher%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2581086&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Department of Justice is appealing to the Fourth Circuit to overturn a district court\u2019s decision to release Badar Khan suri, a foreign Georgetown University researcher who was ordered removed for alleged praise of Hamas and his familial ties to the group. Suri, who was in the U.S. on a student visa, had his removal blocked by a district court, which granted habeas corpus relief after he challenged his detention. DOJ attorney Drew Ensign argued that federal law directs immigration-detention reviews through immigration courts and, if needed, appeals to circuit courts, not via habeas petitions in district court, citing a Third Circuit decision in Khalil. The three-judge panel-composed of judges appointed by Reagan,Obama,and Biden-appeared skeptical of the government\u2019s position and did not set a timeline for a ruling.The coverage places this case within a broader context of ongoing immigration-policy debates and appellate rulings affecting detention and removal authorities under the current administration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DOJ asks appeals court to allow detention of Hamas-praising foreign researcher<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2531593\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A federal <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/appeals-courts\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1537\">appeals court<\/a> grilled the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"438\">Justice Department<\/a> on Tuesday as the DOJ asked the panel to reverse a lower court&rsquo;s release of a foreign researcher, who the DOJ claims espoused praise for Hamas, from immigration detention.<\/p>\n<p>A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit heard arguments in a case over the detention and removal of Badar Khan Suri, a foreign Georgetown University researcher who was in the United States on a student visa but was ordered removed by the Trump administration over his alleged praise of and familial link to Hamas. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-delivers-major-blow-to-bidens-oil-and-gas-lease-moratorium\/\" title=\"Federal Court Delivers Major Blow to Biden\u2019s Oil and Gas Lease Moratorium\">federal district court blocked<\/a> his removal from the country and ordered him <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3410832\/judge-orders-release-badar-khan-suri\/\">released<\/a> after he filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >habeas corpus claim contesting<\/a> his detention, a popular method for illegal immigrants and other noncitizens seeking to be freed from immigration detention without going through immigration courts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/4492783\/texas-republicans-and-democrats-unite-block-border-wall-big-bend\/\">Texas Democrats and Republicans unite to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-progressives-have-learned-from-conservatives-in-midterm-elections\/\" title=\"What progressives have learned from conservatives in midterm elections\">block border wall<\/a> in Big Bend National Park<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4493174\/border-patrol-chief-greg-bovino-retire-end-of-march\/\">Border Patrol official Greg Bovino to retire by end of March<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/4490302\/why-ice-buying-warehouses-privately-owned-detention-sites\/\">Why ICE is buying warehouses and could purchase privately owned detention sites<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>DOJ lawyer Drew Ensign argued the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/appeals-court-says-district-judge-overstepped-authority-by-ruling-in-favor-of-mahmoud-khalil\/\" title=\"... court says district judge overstepped authority by ruling in favor of Mahmoud ...\">district court acted improperly<\/a> by releasing Suri, pointing to federal law that removes federal courts from reviewing immigration cases and instead funnels those claims to immigration courts. Ensign pointed to a ruling by the 3rd Circuit, which is only binding to that circuit, in the case of Mahmoud Khalil, which found that a district court erred by releasing someone from immigration detention through a habeas corpus petition.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That path begins with a petition for review of his removal order, not a habeas petition, but habeas is the path the petitioner has chosen here, and the district court indulged that unlawful Detour by granting habeas relief,&rdquo; Ensign said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The illegality of that path is underscored by the third circuit&rsquo;s recent decision in Khalil, which reiterated that equivalent claims must be raised to circuit courts through the [petition for review] process and not to district courts through habeas,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned by one of the judges on the panel over concerns about a lack of review of the reasons why the government decided to detain a noncitizen and take away his visa, Ensign responded that federal law does not prevent review but rather gives immigration courts the power to conduct that review process, followed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-is-fast-tracking-sidney-powells-request-for-a-forensic-exam-of-dominion-voting-machines\/\" title=\"Federal Court Is Fast-Tracking Sidney Powell\u2019s Request For A Forensic Exam Of Dominion Voting Machines\">federal appeals court<\/a> if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Review here is not suspended, it&rsquo;s merely channeled, and that is precisely what Congress intended,&rdquo; Ensign said.<\/p>\n<p>The three-judge panel appeared generally skeptical of the government&rsquo;s claims that it may detain Suri and that a federal district court may not review his detention. The panel of judges was made up of appointees of former presidents Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden. The panel did not provide a timeline for when they plan to rule on the administration&rsquo;s appeal.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4493188\/appeals-court-trump-win-third-country-deportation-policy\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4493188\">APPEALS COURT HANDS TRUMP WIN ON THIRD-COUNTRY DEPORTATION POLICY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has faced an avalanche of adverse rulings on its immigration policies in federal district courts, even as federal law was designed to largely remove those courts from overseeing immigration disputes. Despite losses, the administration has had two key wins in federal appeals courts this year on two key issues.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling in the Mahmoud Khalil case by the 3rd Circuit found that Khalil raised issues with the administration&rsquo;s attempt to remove him in the wrong forum, when he petitioned to a federal district court instead of an immigration court. In another case in the 5th Circuit, a panel found that the administration&rsquo;s policy of mandatory detention for illegal immigrants is lawful, contrary to various district courts&rsquo; previous rulings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOJ seeks to overturn Hamas-linked researcher release<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2581087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP25202436413355.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[69805,5485,7076,76020,50400],"class_list":["post-2581086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-appeals-court-2","tag-detention","tag-doj","tag-foreign-researcher","tag-hamas-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP25202436413355.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2581086"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2581090,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2581086\/revisions\/2581090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2581087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2581086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2581086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2581086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}