As part of President Trump's immigration agenda in his second term, his administration has

focused on arresting and detaining foreign students and academics for speaking out against

the war in Gaza and raising an alarm about freedom of speech in the process.

In the case of Badr Khan Suri, an Indian national and scholar at Georgetown University, the threat of deportation became a reality.

Laura Barone Lopez brings us this exclusive.

Buter Kansuri was detained for nearly two months in an immigration detention facility in Texas.

The government claims that his social media posts and alleged ties to Hamas are a threat to foreign policy.

But earlier this month, the federal judge said his detention violated his First Amendment rights

and ordered his immediate release. I'm joined now by Butter and his wife, Maffes Saleh,

who are speaking out for the first time since his release. Welcome to the News Hour. Thank you both so much

for being here. Thank you for having

us here. Thank you for having us here. But you were detained for nearly two months. Tell me about that

experience. I was teaching my class that day and when I reached my home, I saw an unmarked car

driving dangerously. I was about to hit me and then when I was about to reach my door

they just blocked me and this guy with masks he was masked and he jumped out of the car

as if he was some militia and asked me am I bother I said yes and the next thing he

said was I was under arrest I was devastated I was terrified I said, yes. And the next thing he said was, I was under arrest. I was devastated. I was terrified. I said,

who is this guy who is just, like, masked? And how is he saying that I'm under arrest? I was, like,

terrified. I was in fear. Yeah. And you were detained in a facility in Virginia, then Louisiana, and then finally in Texas.

And some of those transfers happened in the middle of the night, allegedly because of overcrowding

in the Virginia facility.

What was going through your mind when all of this was happening?

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