Overview

• Filed July 10 under the Federal Tort Claims Act, Khalil seeks $20 million in damages for alleged false imprisonment, malicious prosecution and defamation by DHS, ICE and the State Department.
• He spent 104 days in a secret ICE facility in Jena, Louisiana, enduring harsh conditions and missing his newborn son’s birth while denied medication and basic privacy.
• On June 20, a federal judge in New Jersey ruled his proposed deportation on foreign policy grounds likely violated his First Amendment rights and ordered his release on bail.
• The Trump administration has branded Khalil’s allegations “absurd,” appealed the release order and continues to pursue his deportation in immigration court.
• Khalil says he would accept an official apology and intends to use any settlement to support other activists targeted for pro-Palestinian speech.