Mahmoud Khalil has sued the Trump administration for $20 million after spending months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention.
The pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student, 30, alleges in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security, the State Department, and ICE falsely imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted, and defamed him, according to the Associated Press.
Khalil, now reunited with his wife Noor Abdalla and 10-week-old son, told the AP that he wanted the Trump administration to “feel there is some sort of accountability” and that, if granted the money, Khalil pledged to share it with other activists targeted by the government.
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