Overview

• Khalil submitted a $20 million administrative claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act against the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the State Department.
• The filing alleges wrongful imprisonment, malicious prosecution and political retaliation aimed at silencing his pro-Palestinian campus activism.
• He seeks damages to support other targeted activists or, alternatively, an official apology and an end to the policy used to justify his detention.
• The Trump administration has dismissed the allegations as absurd, is appealing the judge’s release order and has six months to respond to the claim.
• Despite his release after 104 days in ICE custody, Khalil’s deportation proceedings remain active as he resumes public advocacy.