You all remember Mahmoud Khalil, the Hamas-loving Columbia student agitator who was detained and marked for deportation due to his participation in the insurrection at Columbia, where students took over buildings and barricaded themselves (and custodial workers) in, demanding that the school divest from Israel. The big sob story is that Khalil missed the birth of his child while he was in detention.
This editor admits he doesn't exactly know what's going on with Khalil. Back in April, our own Eric V. reported that an immigration judge in Louisiana had ruled that Khalil was "Removable" and that Secretary of State Marco Rubio acted within his power when he revoked Khalil's green card.
The last time we saw him, Khalil was being greeted by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to cheers at the airport in New Jersey on his way back to New York from detention. Khalil said he was anxious to get back to his studies. No, just kidding. He was anxious to "go back and just continue the work that I was already doing, advocating for Palestinian rights." And denying Jews on campus their rights.
Now we're hearing reports that Khalil has filed suit against the government, demanding $20 million for his arrest and detention, or, instead of a payout, an official apology from the government and the "abandonment of the administration's unconstitutional policy."
🚨BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil, the soon to be deported Palestinian Columbia activist, has filed a $20M Lawsuit against the Trump administration
— Walter Curt (@WCdispatch_) July 10, 2025
Claiming he was falsely imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted, and smeared as an antisemite.
You can’t be falsely accused of things you are… pic.twitter.com/zyTkdaDTPw
… on video doing Mahmound.
Cry all you want, you’re still going home. 🇺🇸
Saw this coming from a mile away.
— Bale 🇺🇸 (@balelorn2) July 10, 2025
That's how he's trying to stay in the country through the lawsuit.
— Ana's Writing Nook (@AnaBredenberg) July 10, 2025
A good lawyer should be able to get this dismissed.
🇺🇸🦅
Only in America does a POS like this turnaround and bring a $20 million lawsuit against our country when, IMHO, he should never have been here in the first place.https://t.co/OfJJw5gkeL
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) July 10, 2025
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil is suing the Trump administration for $20 million.
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) July 10, 2025
He came to the U.S. on a student visa, led violent building takeovers, and now wants a payout from the government. You can’t make this up. pic.twitter.com/UnJ3aJV2cL
Deport.
— Kdog (@guitarman0623) July 10, 2025
Discovery should be fun
— Pikajew 🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@pikajew1948) July 10, 2025
He should be grateful that he is still here and shut his mouth and spend time with his wife and child. This will not end in his favor.
— J U L E S (@JulesJudea) July 10, 2025
Talk about frivolous claims.
— Leslie Gallin (@gallin_leslie) July 10, 2025
The Jewish students on campus that were assaulted and blocked from attending their own classes or accessing school facilities should sue Khalil.
— ModSquad anti-communist. (@Designsage) July 10, 2025
Why isn’t his student visa revoked yet?
— Justin Fiedler (@marmaggs) July 10, 2025
He violated its terms by becoming aligned with a terrorist organization, Hamas.
Débar the attorney that filed it; it’s a frivolous lawsuit. You get fined and debarred for filing frivolous lawsuits.
— Lynn M. (@Lynnie769) July 10, 2025
It's just a ploy. If he stays in litigation he gets to stay.
— Raymond Ward (@magnasrex) July 10, 2025
Take his ass down. Nothing. Not even airfare
— Shrugs (@Ken90278827) July 10, 2025
It ends with him on a plane to Syria
— JewOC (@RUOC90177786) July 10, 2025
Again, this editor isn't sure where Khalil stands legally. He'd prefer he were standing back home in Syria.
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