{"id":37943,"date":"2025-07-12T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mahmoud-khalil-says-hes-suing-trump-administration-as-an-act-of-deterrence-to-protect-others\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T20:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T20:31:00","slug":"mahmoud-khalil-says-hes-suing-trump-administration-as-an-act-of-deterrence-to-protect-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mahmoud-khalil-says-hes-suing-trump-administration-as-an-act-of-deterrence-to-protect-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahmoud Khalil says he&#8217;s suing Trump administration as an act of &#8220;deterrence&#8221; to protect others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Mahmoud Khalil, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/ice-arrest-mahmoud-khalil-palestinian-activist-columbia-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the pro-Palestinian activist who was detained by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at his Columbia University-owned apartment back in March<\/a><\/span>, sat down with CBS News New York&#8217;s Dick Brennan for an interview Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He discussed protests on Columbia&#8217;s campus and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mahmoud-khalil-20-million-claim-trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">his lawsuit against the Trump administration<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;It&#8217;s retaliation against freedom of expression&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Khalil is a green card holder who <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mahmoud-khalil-first-public-statement-feds-claim-louisiana-bedbug-infestation-overcrowding\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">was held in Louisiana<\/a><\/span> for more than three months while <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-mahmoud-khalil-ice-columbia-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the Trump administration pushed to have him deported<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Inside, basically it was very cold. The food was pretty bad. Just the condition in general. The fact that over 70 men are in one space, so you don&#8217;t have privacy whatsoever,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>A federal judge <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mahmoud-khalil-ordered-released-judge\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">ordered Khalil&#8217;s release in June while his immigration proceedings play out<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Khalil called his arrest punishment by the Trump administration for speaking out against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s retaliation against freedom of expression, against dissent from what this administration or the establishment of this country want us to speak about,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/12\/fce88a0c-09da-4829-ac74-f5b332057916\/thumbnail\/620x413\/20b8efa3fa3b246d9b587855357925f2\/ap25068571884044.jpg#\" alt=\"Campus Protests-Immigration Arrest \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/12\/fce88a0c-09da-4829-ac74-f5b332057916\/thumbnail\/620x413\/20b8efa3fa3b246d9b587855357925f2\/ap25068571884044.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/12\/fce88a0c-09da-4829-ac74-f5b332057916\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/8e9cf6feb9dc1dacc6557b09c7623375\/ap25068571884044.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil is on the Columbia University campus in New York at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on April 29, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ted Shaffrey \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Trump administration did not accuse Khalil of committing any crimes, but said he should be deported because he &#8220;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/columbia-university-mahmoud-khalil-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">led activities aligned to Hamas<\/a><\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Officials also alleged that the student activist had deliberately misrepresented information about himself on his green card application and violated the conditions under which he had been allowed to enter and live in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you tell us when you apply for your visa, &#8216;And by the way, I intend to come to your country as a student and rile up all kinds of anti-Jewish student, antisemitic activities, I intend to shut down your universities.&#8217; If you told us all these things when you applied for a visa, we would deny your visa,&#8221; <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/marco-rubio-mahmoud-khalil-arrest-face-the-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in March<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;They&#8217;ve waged a lawfare against me&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Khalil is now <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mahmoud-khalil-20-million-claim-trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">suing the Trump administration for $20 million<\/a><\/span>. He says it&#8217;s to &#8220;seek accountability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;ve waged a lawfare against me. They&#8217;ve misrepresented my statements or what I did, and they have to pay for that,&#8221; he said.\u00a0 &#8220;They have to pay for that so that it would act as a deterrence from doing this against others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In his claim, Khalil alleges &#8220;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/mahmoud-khalil-arrest-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">false arrest<\/a><\/span>,&#8221; &#8220;malicious prosecution&#8221; and &#8220;intentional infliction of emotional distress.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/10\/0e3d9d19-d548-4926-9eb0-951412d5cc89\/thumbnail\/620x413\/92c91df4a7ee45c4b5a0fca4c4bb8303\/ap25069542691613.jpg#\" alt=\"Campus Protests-Immigration Arrest \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/10\/0e3d9d19-d548-4926-9eb0-951412d5cc89\/thumbnail\/620x413\/92c91df4a7ee45c4b5a0fca4c4bb8303\/ap25069542691613.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/10\/0e3d9d19-d548-4926-9eb0-951412d5cc89\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/b4541ed39d4d8ae0c94de23e023dcac8\/ap25069542691613.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">FILE &#8211; Members of the Columbia University Apartheid Divest group, including Sueda Polat, second from left, and Mahmoud Khalil, center, are surrounded by members of the media outside the Columbia University campus, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Mary Altaffer \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But the Trump administration called Khalil&#8217;s claims &#8220;absurd&#8221; and said it was &#8220;Khalil who terrorized Jewish students on campus,&#8221; condemning what they describe as &#8220;hateful behavior and rhetoric.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I say, show us the evidence. The Trump administration has failed to present any evidence,&#8221; Khalil said. &#8220;What I was engaged in is simply opposing a genocide against my people, opposing the killings of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Palestine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Feelings are not facts&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>As a Columbia graduate student, Khalil was front and center at many<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/supporters-of-palestinians-israel-clash-outside-columbia-universitys-campus-gate\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"> pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus in April 2024<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, some students told CBS News New York the protests made them fearful.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I left campus &#8217;cause I didn&#8217;t feel safe and it was also the holiday of Passover,&#8221; <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/columbia-university-student-protests-civil-rights-complaint\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Andrew Stein said<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People were banging on my doors in the middle of the night because I came out publicly and was speaking as a proud Jew who supports the state of Israel,&#8221; <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/columbia-university-extends-deadline-with-pro-palestinian-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Noa Fay said<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/06\/eb0ac9ba-67de-408a-abe2-f65663ed58b6\/thumbnail\/620x413\/b822cd50c6c46e524a67b420473d81cc\/2024-05-03t190645z-2061342889-rc2jg7a6jlqs-rtrmadp-3-israel-palestinians-usa-protests-columbia.jpg#\" alt=\"Students march and rally on Columbia University's campus in support of a protest encampment supporting Palestinians, despite a deadline issued by university officials to disband or face suspension, in New York City, April 29, 2024. \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/06\/eb0ac9ba-67de-408a-abe2-f65663ed58b6\/thumbnail\/620x413\/b822cd50c6c46e524a67b420473d81cc\/2024-05-03t190645z-2061342889-rc2jg7a6jlqs-rtrmadp-3-israel-palestinians-usa-protests-columbia.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/06\/eb0ac9ba-67de-408a-abe2-f65663ed58b6\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/50f9648e15f32466dee148aaa938c268\/2024-05-03t190645z-2061342889-rc2jg7a6jlqs-rtrmadp-3-israel-palestinians-usa-protests-columbia.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Students march and rally on Columbia University&#8217;s campus in support of a protest encampment supporting Palestinians, despite a deadline issued by university officials to disband or face suspension, in New York City, April 29, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Reuters\/Caitlin Ochs<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Brennan asked Khalil, &#8220;Do you understand why some Jewish students might feel threatened not just on Columbia, but at campuses around the country?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need to distinguish between being uncomfortable and between being unsafe. So, there should be a distinction between these two,&#8221; Khalil said. &#8220;I can understand how these protests may make someone uncomfortable, hearing that your country or a country that you support is committing a genocide. I can understand that, but feelings are not facts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Israel and its supporters denounce charges that it&#8217;s committing genocide.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Simply they are calls for freedom and justice&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Khalil continued, &#8220;Chants that we don&#8217;t like may be\u2014 we may feel, like, threatened by it, but it doesn&#8217;t mean that you are threatened, and this is when I say that we need to distinguish between feelings and facts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The meaning of slogans such as     &#8220;from the river to the sea&#8221; and &#8220;globalize the Intifada&#8221; are being &#8220;deliberately misrepresented&#8221; and &#8220;distorted,&#8221; he said.    <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Simply they are calls for freedom and justice. &#8216;From the river to the sea,&#8217; it&#8217;s a call for freedom, and justice for everyone. Everyone,&#8221; Khalil said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Other people would see it very differently, though, right?&#8221; Brennan asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No because people interpret what they want to do,&#8221; Khalil said. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/12\/21a4050e-05e6-46cb-a452-031fdd91f5d1\/thumbnail\/620x413\/a994d0e7138da8d8b1d03343985e3399\/gettyimages-2149168065.jpg#\" alt=\"Students and pro-Palestinian activists gather outside of Columbia University to protest the university's stance on Israel on April 18, 2024 in New York City. \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/12\/21a4050e-05e6-46cb-a452-031fdd91f5d1\/thumbnail\/620x413\/a994d0e7138da8d8b1d03343985e3399\/gettyimages-2149168065.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/12\/21a4050e-05e6-46cb-a452-031fdd91f5d1\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/d2d5a3251f1ddfc9b14f947f99120287\/gettyimages-2149168065.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; APRIL 18: Students and pro-Palestinian activists gather outside of Columbia University to protest the university&#8217;s stance on Israel on April 18, 2024 in New York City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Spencer Platt\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He added, &#8220;Intifada is simply an uprising, and to globalize the Intifada is to globalize the solidarity, the uprising against injustices around the world.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As for the future, Khalil says he will be prioritizing his family, but continue protesting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you look back over the past couple of years, do you ever say to yourself, ah, I might have done this differently?&#8221; Brennan asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Absolutely. I could have communicated better, built more bridges, but the core thing, which is opposing a genocide, opposing a war, I wouldn&#8217;t have changed that,&#8221; Khalil said.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/Dick-Brennan\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Dick  Brennan<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Dick Brennan joined CBS News New York in 2012 as an anchor and reporter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     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