Mahmoud Khalil files $20 million claim against Trump admin, says he'd also accept apology
July 10, 2025, 2:03 PM EDT / Updated July 10, 2025, 4:08 PM EDT / Source: The Associated Press
By Maya Eaglin and The Associated Press
On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the predawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the boy’s birth in New York ...
“I cannot describe the pain of that night,” Khalil told The Associated Press ///
Now, weeks after having regained his freedom, Khalil is seeking restitution. On Thursday, his lawyers filed a claim for $20 million in damages against the Trump administration, alleging Khalil was falsely imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted and smeared as an antisemite as the government sought to deport him over his prominent role in campus protests ...
“It’s either the $20 million or an official apology from the administration, because, ultimately, my goal is not self-enrichment. I don’t want this money just because I need money. What I want is actual accountability. Real, real accountability against the injustices that happened against me with the malicious prosecutions that I was targeted for all this,” he said ...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/freed-ice-detention-mahmoud-khalil-files-20-million-claim-trump-admini-rcna218080
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