Immigration authorities released visiting Georgetown University scholar Badar Khan Suri on Wednesday following a federal judge’s ruling.

Khan Suri, 30 was arrested in mid-March as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to detain and deport international students who have criticized Israel’s war in Gaza. He had been a postdoctoral fellow and visiting scholar at Georgetown for three years.

“I can’t wait for the moment when my husband will reunite with my children,” Khan Suri’s wife, Mapheze Saleh, said at a news conference. “It’s a victory, a victory for all of us, a victory for justice.”

After his arrest, Khan Suri filed a habeas corpus petition, claiming the government violated his First Amendment right to free speech and his Fifth Amendment right to due process under law.

Virginia Federal Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles appeared sympathetic to Khan Suri’s claims, writing Wednesday that his arrest likely violated both amendments.

“Speech regarding the conflict there and opposing Israel’s military campaign is likely protected political speech,” Giles wrote. “The First Amendment does not distinguish between citizens and noncitizens.”

Khan Suri is now the third prominent college student to be released following the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement crackdown. Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk and Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi were both freed following similar petitions.

The federal government said it had revoked Khan Suri’s visa because he made social media posts criticizing Israel’s war in Gaza. It also claimed he was a threat because his father-in-law was a Hamas adviser. Khan Suri said he had only brief interactions with his father-in-law.

The man in question, Ahmed Yousef, said earlier this year that he hasn’t been involved with Hamas for more than a decade. Yousef also publicly criticized the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.