几周后从移民拘留所被释放哥伦比亚大学亲巴勒斯坦校园抗议活动期间的关键谈判代表和发言人马哈茂德·哈利勒(Mahmoud Khalil)已经对特朗普政府提起行政诉讼，要求赔偿2000万美元。
在特朗普政府推动驱逐他的过程中，哈利勒被移民和海关执法局拘留了三个多月，他指控错误逮捕和监禁、恶意起诉、故意造成精神痛苦和其他涉嫌的不法行为。
这抱怨这是联邦诉讼的前身，是根据联邦侵权索赔法提起的。
根据代表哈利勒的组织宪法权利中心(Center for Constitutional Rights)的说法，这位哥伦比亚大学毕业生将利用这笔钱“帮助特朗普政府和哥伦比亚大学同样针对的其他人”。
在一份新闻稿中，该组织表示:“他将接受正式道歉并放弃政府的违宪政策，以此代替付款。”
30岁的哈利勒在以色列-哈马斯战争期间，帮助领导和代表2024年春天在哥伦比亚蔓延的亲巴勒斯坦营地进行谈判。
哈利勒是一名绿卡持有者，与一名美国公民结婚，今年3月在他的纽约公寓楼被ICE特工拘留，这是唐纳德·特朗普总统执政期间第一个被ICE拘留的高调亲巴勒斯坦活动分子，特朗普总统誓言要“粉碎”校园抗议活动，称其为反犹太主义的温床。
哈利勒被转移到路易斯安那州的一个ICE设施，而特朗普政府在法庭上要求将其驱逐出境。
特朗普政府表示，哈利勒因据称支持哈马斯而被拘留——他的法律团队拒绝了这一指控，政府也没有提供任何证据。
在今年早些时候的法庭诉讼中，国务卿马尔科·卢比奥-引用了一条很少使用的法律条款-决定将哈利勒驱逐出境，因为他继续留在该国将对美国的外交政策构成风险。
路易斯安那州的一名移民法官最初认为哈利勒可以被驱逐出境，但新泽西州的一名联邦法官认为后来发布了命令禁止特朗普政府以此为由驱逐或继续拘留哈利勒。
哈利勒是6月20日被释放，但特朗普政府正在继续寻求将其驱逐出境。
哈利勒的诉状还指控国务院，国土安全部和ICE对哈利勒进行“报复性逮捕”，因为他的言论受到宪法保护。
“美国政府最高层的官员在社交媒体上公开抨击哈利勒，错误地将他称为恐怖分子同情者和反犹分子——这些贬损性的指控旨在摧毁哈利勒的名誉，将他置于人身危险之中，并造成极度的精神痛苦，”诉状称。
在给美国广播公司新闻的一份声明中，DHS助理国务卿特里西亚·麦克劳克林(Tricia McLaughlin)表示，特朗普政府在法律和宪法授权范围内拘留了哈利勒。
麦克劳克林在声明中说:“马哈茂德·哈利勒声称DHS官员称他为反犹太人，并恐吓他和他的家人，这是荒谬的。”。“是哈利勒在校园里恐吓犹太学生。他通过自己的仇恨行为和言论给自己打上了反犹太人的“烙印”。被授予在美国生活和学习的签证或绿卡是一种特权。”
Mahmoud Khalil seeks $20M from the Trump administration -- or an apology
Weeks afterbeing released from immigration detention, Mahmoud Khalil, a key negotiator and spokesperson during Columbia University's pro-Palestinian campus protests, has filed an administrative complaint against the Trump administration seeking $20 million in damages.
Khalil, who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for more than three months as the Trump administration pushed for his deportation, alleges false arrest and imprisonment, malicious prosecution, intentional infliction of emotional distress and other alleged wrongdoings.
Thecomplaint, a precursor to a federal lawsuit, was filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
According to the Center for Constitutional Rights, the organization representing Khalil, the Columbia graduate would use the money to “help others similarly targeted by the Trump administration and Columbia University.”
In a press release, the organization said: “He would accept, in lieu of payment, an official apology and abandonment of the administration’s unconstitutional policy."
Khalil, 30, helped lead and negotiate on behalf of the pro-Palestinian encampments that spread at Columbia during the spring of 2024, amid the Israel-Hamas war.
Khalil, a green card holder married to a U.S. citizen, was detained by ICE agents in his New York apartment building in March -- the first high-profile pro-Palestinian activist to be detained by ICE during the administration of President Donald Trump, who had vowed to "crush" the campus protests, calling them hotbeds of antisemitism.
Khalil was transferred to an ICE facility in Louisiana, while the Trump administration pressed in court for his deportation.
The Trump administration said Khalil was detained for his purported support of Hamas -- a claim his legal team has rejected and for which the administration provided no evidence.
In court proceedings earlier this year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio --citing a rarely used provision of the law-- determined Khalil should be deported because his continued presence in the country would pose a risk to U.S. foreign policy.
An immigration judge in Louisiana initially found Khalil deportable, but a federal judge in New Jerseylater issued an orderbarring the Trump administration from deporting or continuing to detain Khalil on that basis.
Khalil wasreleased from custody on June 20, but the Trump administration is continuing to seek his deportation.
Khalil's complaint also accuses the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security and ICE of conducting a “retaliatory arrest” against Khalil over his constitutionally protected speech.
"Officials at the highest levels of the United States government publicly lashed out at Mr. Khalil on social media, falsely labeling him a terrorist sympathizer and an anti-semite — derogatory charges designed to destroy Mr. Khalil’s reputation, put him in physical danger and cause extreme emotional distress,” the complaint stated.
In a statement to ABC News, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the Trump administration acted within its legal and constitutional authority to detain Khalil.
"Mahmoud Khalil's claim that DHS officials branded him as an antisemite and terrorized him and his family is absurd," McLaughlin said in the statement. "It was Khalil who terrorized Jewish students on campus. He ‘branded’ himself as antisemite through his own hateful behavior and rhetoric. It is a privilege to be granted a visa or green card to live and study in the United States of America."
