Badar Khan Suri, an Indian national and doctoral student at Georgetown University, was arrested by ICE Monday over allegations he spread Hamas propaganda on social media. (Georgetown University)
"Suri has close connections to a known or suspected terrorist, who is a senior advisor to Hamas."
The agency did not name the suspected terrorist or Hamas advisor.
However, The New York Times reported that Suri's wife is Palestinian American. Her father is Ahmed Yousef, a former advisor to Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader Israel assassinated last year in Iran.
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The campus of Georgetown University (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
On March 15, Secretary of State Marco Rubio determined Suri’s activities and presence in the U.S. "rendered him deportable" under the Immigration and Nationality Act, a senior official said.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Suri's attorney.
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