Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist who was detained by the Trump administration for months, have filed a claim for $20m in damages against the administration, alleging Khalil was falsely imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted and smeared as an antisemite as the government sought to deport him over his prominent role in campus protests.
The filing – a precursor to a lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act – names the Department of Homeland Security, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the state department.
Khalil, 30, was released from US immigration detention last month after having been held for more than three months over his activism against Israel’s war on Gaza. He has become the most high-profile of the students who have been arrested by the Trump administration for their pro-Palestinian activism.
What sucks is - this admin is going to rack in enormous legal debts that then going to come out of my taxes
Hope he wins!
It’s a shame that if he does, the people that deserve to pay for it won’t.
I assume it’s going to come out of DHS or ICE-allotted funds.
So…I agree. Yes, it’s our tax or debt burden, and yes, that’s infuriating. But the money has already been stolen from us. Now the only question is, is that money going to be used to accelerate fascist policies like the end of due process or not?
So drain the bank, please. Every dollar for judgments or settlements is a dollar not spent on racist, unconstitutional immigration policy.
Coming out of my check I’m sure.
Waste fraud and abuse.
“Khalil said he plans to share any settlement money with others targeted in Trump’s “failed” effort to suppress pro-Palestinian speech. In lieu of a settlement, he would also accept an official apology and changes to the administration’s deportation policies.”
What an inspiring and good human being. Holding out hope we see some justice ✊
It’s a pity he doesn’t have a way to sue Trump and noem personally.
Breaking news. Earlier today the body of…
the body of…government responsible for this mess appologized, and gave Khalil 40 million dollars instead. Straight out of trumps personal wallet.
Right? RIGHT???
No. That doesn’t sound like this timeline.
Ooooooh, they murdered him. Ok. That fits this timeline much more realistically.
See, in the other timeline everyone got ice cream and a blowjob.
Man, I could really use some ice cream and a blowjob right about now. How do we hop timelines?
Don’t need to hop timelines for that! What kind of ice cream do you want?
I get ice cream headaches so…
Yeah, you can come over to our timeline. You just have to give one of us living in the other timeline ice cream and a blowjob.
And since I’m the only one you know with the ability to timeline jump…
zzzzziiiiippppp
Chocolate chip cookie dough please! With butterscotch topping!