ICE lets Khalil walk, and the guy turns around and sues Trump’s America for $20 million. Not a citizen, not a patriot, just another activist milking the system after being lawfully detained. He should’ve been deported!
he Trump administration is rejecting claims made by Palestinian-American activist Mahmoud Khalil, who is seeking $20 million in damages from the federal government for what he describes as a politically motivated attempt to silence him.
In a newly filed civil claim, Khalil, now free on bail and back home in New York, accuses the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the State Department of false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and defamation—including being wrongly branded an antisemite—after his arrest and detention in March.
In response to the filing, the Department of Homeland Security pushed back aggressively.
“Khalil’s claim is absurd,” DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin said in an emailed statement to the Associated Press. She accused Khalil of engaging in “hateful behavior and rhetoric” that DHS says threatened Jewish students.
The State Department, meanwhile, said its actions regarding Khalil were lawful and appropriate.
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Newsweek has reached out to Khalil’s legal representatives via email on Thursday afternoon for comment.
Why It Matters
The Trump administration publicly hailed Khalil’s arrest, vowing to deport him along with others involved in protests against Israel that it labeled as “pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity.”
Khalil worked as a mediator between pro-Palestinian protesters and Columbia University leadership following the outbreak of the conflict between Israel and Hamas in October 2023. The Trump administration said his actions went against U.S. foreign policy, using this as grounds to detain him and seek his deportation.
His case marked the beginning of a nationwide sweep by ICE targeting pro-Palestinian students with visas and green cards, using the same foreign policy argument outlined by the Secretary of State, that their actions were in support of Hamas and antisemitic.
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