Federal immigration authorities have detained a Georgetown University graduate student from India who was teaching at the Washington institution on a student visa, his attorney said Wednesday.
Masked agents arrested the graduate student, Badar Khan Suri, outside his home in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday night, attorney Hassan Ahmad said.
The agents identified themselves as being with the Department of Homeland Security and told him the government had revoked his visa, Ahmad said.
Ahmad called Suri’s detention “beyond contemptible” and said he has done nothing wrong.
Georgetown University said it was not aware of any misconduct by Suri.
The Department of Homeland Security and the State Department did not respond to requests for comment, including about why Suri has been detained.