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News4's Drew Wilder was"}, {'start': '24.000', 'end': '29.840', 'text': 'in that hearing and brings us the latest'}, {'start': '25.840', 'end': '32.399', 'text': 'from federal court in Alexandria.'}, {'start': '29.840', 'end': '34.800', 'text': "But Khan Suri's wife is calling him a"}, {'start': '32.399', 'end': '36.719', 'text': 'political prisoner and says their entire'}, {'start': '34.800', 'end': '39.200', 'text': "family's life is hanging in the balance"}, {'start': '36.719', 'end': '41.280', 'text': 'as a federal judge decides whether this'}, {'start': '39.200', 'end': '42.640', 'text': 'case should move forward in Texas or be'}, {'start': '41.280', 'end': '44.960', 'text': 'brought back here to the Eastern'}, {'start': '42.640', 'end': '46.399', 'text': 'District of Virginia. Buttercon Suri is'}, {'start': '44.960', 'end': '48.160', 'text': 'an Indian national. He was in the'}, {'start': '46.399', 'end': '49.520', 'text': 'country legally on a student visa'}, {'start': '48.160', 'end': '51.440', 'text': 'conducting research and teaching at'}, {'start': '49.520', 'end': '53.520', 'text': 'Georgetown. He has not been charged with'}, {'start': '51.440', 'end': '55.120', 'text': 'any crime, but the Trump administration'}, {'start': '53.520', 'end': '57.440', 'text': 'has called him a threat to national'}, {'start': '55.120', 'end': '59.440', 'text': 'security without providing any evidence.'}, {'start': '57.440', 'end': '61.359', 'text': 'In the hours after his arrest, his'}, {'start': '59.440', 'end': '63.039', 'text': 'attorneys say he was moved around to'}, {'start': '61.359', 'end': '65.040', 'text': 'several different detention centers and'}, {'start': '63.039', 'end': '67.280', 'text': 'his attorneys started filing legal'}, {'start': '65.040', 'end': '69.280', 'text': 'motions on his behalf. The government'}, {'start': '67.280', 'end': '72.080', 'text': "wants Butterhan Suri's case to move"}, {'start': '69.280', 'end': '74.560', 'text': "forward in Texas. Why? Well, Suriri's"}, {'start': '72.080', 'end': '76.920', 'text': 'attorneys say the courts there are much'}, {'start': '74.560', 'end': '79.439', 'text': 'more likely to deport anyone in this'}, {'start': '76.920', 'end': '80.960', 'text': 'situation. The judge here in Alexandria'}, {'start': '79.439', 'end': '83.040', 'text': 'is now considering whether the case'}, {'start': '80.960', 'end': '85.119', 'text': 'should be moved back here and we could'}, {'start': '83.040', 'end': '87.439', 'text': 'have that decision early next week. And'}, {'start': '85.119', 'end': '90.640', 'text': "while we wait, so does Buttercan Suri's"}, {'start': '87.439', 'end': '93.520', 'text': 'wife and his children. On March 17th,'}, {'start': '90.640', 'end': '97.280', 'text': 'masked federal agents abducted better'}, {'start': '93.520', 'end': '100.320', 'text': 'outside our home in Virginia. His unjust'}, {'start': '97.280', 'end': '104.079', 'text': 'and illegal arrest has turned our life'}, {'start': '100.320', 'end': '107.759', 'text': 'upside down. Our three children have not'}, {'start': '104.079', 'end': '110.640', 'text': 'seen their father for 44 days.'}, {'start': '107.759', 'end': '114.000', 'text': 'They have only seen him on a screen'}, {'start': '110.640', 'end': '116.640', 'text': 'wearing a red uniform used for those'}, {'start': '114.000', 'end': '119.119', 'text': 'considered the most dangerous people in'}, {'start': '116.640', 'end': '121.920', 'text': 'detention center. The government used a'}, {'start': '119.119', 'end': '124.479', 'text': 'very nuanced and seldom used provision'}, {'start': '121.920', 'end': '126.799', 'text': 'of the law to arrest butter concerie. It'}, {'start': '124.479', 'end': '129.360', 'text': 'allows the secretary of state to pull'}, {'start': '126.799', 'end': '131.520', 'text': "somebody's visa if that person is deemed"}, {'start': '129.360', 'end': '133.760', 'text': 'a threat to national security. This is'}, {'start': '131.520', 'end': '135.680', 'text': 'the same tactic the Trump administration'}, {'start': '133.760', 'end': '137.760', 'text': 'has used to arrest other college'}, {'start': '135.680', 'end': '139.760', 'text': 'students in recent months. He is a'}, {'start': '137.760', 'end': '142.400', 'text': 'political prisoner just like Mahmud'}, {'start': '139.760', 'end': '144.879', 'text': 'Khalil is just like Romea Osurk and the'}, {'start': '142.400', 'end': '147.840', 'text': 'rest of the students who dared raise'}, {'start': '144.879', 'end': '150.879', 'text': 'their voices who dared acknowledge the'}, {'start': '147.840', 'end': '152.959', 'text': 'humanity of the Palestinian people that'}, {'start': '150.879', 'end': '155.920', 'text': 'they are political prisoners and we need'}, {'start': '152.959', 'end': '160.080', 'text': 'to understand that we are a country that'}, {'start': '155.920', 'end': '161.840', 'text': 'has political prisoners. We do that now.'}, {'start': '160.080', 'end': '163.280', 'text': 'Virginia Congressman Don Byer was at'}, {'start': '161.840', 'end': '165.040', 'text': "today's hearing and I asked him if"}, {'start': '163.280', 'end': '167.040', 'text': "there's any broader impact of the"}, {'start': '165.040', 'end': '169.680', 'text': "administration's attack on university"}, {'start': '167.040', 'end': '171.680', 'text': 'students. Byer said the US is already'}, {'start': '169.680', 'end': '173.680', 'text': 'seeing a scaling back of interest from'}, {'start': '171.680', 'end': '176.319', 'text': 'international college students who might'}, {'start': '173.680', 'end': '179.200', 'text': 'otherwise pay top dollar to study here'}, {'start': '176.319', 'end': '181.680', 'text': 'at US schools and without those students'}, {'start': '179.200', 'end': '183.920', 'text': 'paying top dollar, he says universities'}, {'start': '181.680', 'end': '186.400', 'text': 'will need to offset that lost revenue'}, {'start': '183.920', 'end': '189.120', 'text': 'somehow and he guesses it will be on the'}, {'start': '186.400', 'end': '192.400', 'text': 'backs of American students. Reporting in'}, {'start': '189.120', 'end': '192.400', 'text': 'Alexandria, Drew Wilder, News4.'}]