NEW YORK: Mahmoud Khalil, one of the most prominent leaders of US pro-Palestinian campus protests, sued the Trump administration Thursday for $20 million over his arrest and detention by immigration agents. Khalil, a legal permanent resident in the United States who is married to a US citizen and has a US-born son, had been in custody following his arrest in March. The 30-year-old was freed from a federal immigration detention center in Louisiana last month, hours after a judge ordered his release on bail. “The administration carried out its illegal plan to arrest, detain, and deport Mr.

Cradling his newborn son just weeks after being released from ICE detention, Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is now seeking $20 million in damages from...

Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and former Columbia University graduate student, has filed a $20 million damages claim against the Trump administration, alleging false…