US EditionMahmoud Khalil: Trump admin wants to ‘make an example out of me’
UNITED STATES, JUL 12 – Mahmoud Khalil alleges unlawful detention and targeting for pro-Palestinian activism during Trump administration's crackdown on campus protests, seeking $20 million in damages.
- On June 20, U.S. authorities released Mahmoud Khalil, after 104 days in detention, by court order.
- In March 2025, the White House invoked the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 to justify Khalil’s arrest under Section 237.
- Once detained, he was moved across three states—New Jersey, Texas and Louisiana—placing him over 1,000 miles from his wife, a U.S. citizen, with no criminal charges filed.
- Seeking accountability, Khalil filed a $20 million damages claim against the Trump administration, alleging he was falsely imprisoned, prosecuted and portrayed as antisemitic.
- Despite his release, Khalil’s case remains a symbol of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests and the ongoing threat of deportation.
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A law written by a Nevadan is supercharging Trump’s detentions of immigrants and noncitizens
The Trump administration detained former Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian protest leader Mahmoud Khalil, center, for more than two months and is seeking to revoke his lawful permanent resident status. (Photo: Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)Editor’s note: Yes, the McCarran in the McCarran-Walter Act repeatedly referenced by the author in this column is Pat McCarran, who served as U.S Senator from Nevada from 1933 to 1954 and is…
Federal Agents Describe Unusual Run-Up to Arrests
“Four veteran Homeland Security agents who helped execute the Trump administration’s arrests of pro-Palestinian foreign academics for deportation testified Tuesday that the orders they received were both highly unusual and described by senior officials as urgent,” Politico reports. Said agent Darren McCormack, who arrested Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil: “Somebody at a higher level than the people I was speaking to had an interest in…
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Phil's Stock WorldA law from the era of Red Scares is supercharging Trump administration’s power over immigrants and noncitizens
The Trump administration detained former Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian protest leader Mahmoud Khalil, center, for more than two months and is seeking to revoke his lawful permanent resident status. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty ImagesNativism, the idea that government must guard native-born Americans from various threats posed by immigrants, has a long history in the United States. Today, the Trump administration is citing the Im…
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