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Freed From ICE Detention, Mahmoud Khalil Files $20 Million Claim Against Trump Administration

JENA, LOUISIANA, JUL 10 – Khalil alleges unconstitutional detention and retaliatory charges after over three months in a remote Louisiana jail, seeking $20 million for false imprisonment and policy changes, his lawyers say.

  • Mahmoud Khalil, a 30-year-old Columbia University student, filed a $20 million claim against the Trump administration for false imprisonment after being detained for months.
  • A federal court filing accused the government of false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, and seeking to terrorize Khalil and his family after his arrest.
  • After 104 days in custody, Khalil was ordered released by a federal judge who found the government's efforts to remove him were likely unconstitutional.
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Mahmoud Khalil filed a $20 million lawsuit against the Trump administration. Pro-Palestine activist, who spent 104 days in detention after authorities tried to deport him for his participation in anti-Semitic protests at Columbia University, initiated legal action for damages. He was allegedly “falsely imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted and defamed as anti-Semitic.” Read more]]>

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"Trump understands only the language of money": The student Mahmoud Khalil takes legal action against the US government. Should he be compensated for his unlawful imprisonment, he already has a plan.

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aclu-nj.org broke the news in on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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