"Suri has close connections to a known or suspected terrorist, who is a senior advisor to Hamas," Tricia McLaughlin, an assistant secretary at the DHS, wrote on X.
"The Secretary of State issued a determination on March 15, 2025 that Suri's activities...rendered him deportable under INA section 237(a)(4)(C)(i)."
But his lawyer argued if the Trump administration sees an expert in conflict resolution as a threat to foreign policy, "then perhaps the problem is with the government, not the scholar."