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(NewsNation) — A Palestinian activist, Mahmoud Khalil, who spent much than 3 months successful migration detention, has filed a $20 cardinal assertion against the Trump administration, alleging helium was falsely imprisoned and maliciously prosecuted for his relation successful field protests.
Khalil, 30, a caller Columbia University postgraduate student, filed the Federal Tort Claims Act precursor Thursday done his attorneys, naming the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the State Department.
The filing accuses President Donald Trump and different officials of mounting an amerciable run to "terrorize him and his family" pursuing his March 8 apprehension by plainclothes national agents extracurricular his Manhattan apartment.
Khalil was detained for 104 days astatine an migration installation successful Jena, Louisiana, missing the commencement of his lad Deen successful New York. He was released June 20 aft a national justice recovered the government's efforts to region him connected overseas argumentation grounds were apt unconstitutional.
"They are abusing their powerfulness due to the fact that they deliberation they are untouchable," Khalil said. "Unless they consciousness determination is immoderate benignant of accountability, it volition proceed to spell unchecked."
The Trump medication publically celebrated Khalil's arrest, promising to deport him and others whose protests against Israel it dubbed "pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity." Khalil has condemned antisemitism and was not accused of immoderate transgression oregon linked to panic groups.
During detention, Khalil said helium was denied ulcer medication, forced to slumber nether harsh fluorescent lights and fed "nearly inedible" food, losing 15 pounds.
A memo signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio acknowledged Khalil hadn't breached the instrumentality but argued helium should beryllium deported for beliefs that could undermine U.S. overseas argumentation interests.
"My beliefs are not wanting my taxation wealth oregon tuition going toward investments successful weapons manufacturers for a genocide," Khalil said.
In an emailed statement, Tricia McLaughlin, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, called Khalil's assertion "absurd," accusing him of "hateful behaviour and rhetoric" that threatened Jewish students. The State Department said its actions were afloat supported by law.
Khalil present faces caller allegations of misrepresenting details connected his greenish paper application. His attorneys described those charges arsenic baseless and retaliatory successful a question filed Wednesday.
The deportation lawsuit continues done the migration tribunal system. Khalil said helium plans to stock immoderate colony wealth with others targeted successful what helium called Trump's "failed" effort to suppress pro-Palestinian speech.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
