NOTE: If you are short on time, watch the video and complete this See, Think, Wonder activity: What did you notice? What did the story make you think about? What would you want to learn more about?

SUMMARY

In their first broadcast interview since his release from ICE detention, Georgetown scholar Badar Khan Suri and his wife, Mapheze Saleh, spoke to PBS News' Laura Barrón-López about Khan Suri's recent release after nearly two months in a detention facility in Texas. The Trump administration accused Suri of "spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism on social media"— an accusation he denies.

View the transcript of the story.

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WARM-UP QUESTIONS

1. Who is Badar Khan Suri?
2. How long was Khan Suri detained?
3. Where was Khan Suri detained?
4. Why was Khan Suri arrested and detained?
5. What evidence did Khan Suri say he was presented with by ICE have to have been arrested and detained? What has Secretary of State Marco Rubio said about Khan Suri's presence in the U.S.?

FOCUS QUESTIONS

1. What does Khan Suri and his wife Mapheze Saleh say about what it means to live in America and the importance of the U.S. Constitution? How does what happened to Khan Suri during his detention as well as the war in Gaza run counter to these views?
2. What does Khan Suri say about the two Israelis who were murdered in Washington D.C. on Wednesday? How does he connect this tragedy to the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi? Learn more here: Israeli embassy worker killings investigated as hate crime and terrorism.

Media literacy: Why do you think the News Hour also interviewed Khan Suri's wife, Mapheze Saleh?

WHAT STUDENTS CAN DO

What do you know about the term due process? Where have you heard this term before? Watch the CBS explainer featuring Prof. Jessica Levinson of Loyola Law School below. Jot down two or three facts from the interview you either didn't know about due process before or that struck you as interesting in some way. Share your responses with a partner or discuss as a class. If time allows, you may wish to read the Associated Press' article, Georgetown scholar recalls terror and ‘mockery of due process’ in immigration jail.

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