The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled 2–1 on July 23 that a federal district court has authority to hear a Georgetown academic’s challenge to his detention by immigration authorities. The ruling appears to create a split among federal courts of appeals over whether the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) bars such challenges, making Supreme Court review likely. Indian national Badar Khan Suri entered the United States on a J-1 visa for a postdoctoral fellowship at Georgetown University’s Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding. His wife, Mapheze Saleh, a U.S. citizen of Palestinian descent, and their three children later joined him. Saleh’s father and some of her relatives still reside in Gaza, the majority opinion authored by Circuit Judge DeAndrea Gist Benjamin recounted....