“Detained for Dissent: Columbia Activist Sues Trump Administration After Missing Son’s Birth”
Mahmoud Khalil never imagined that defending human rights would cost him the birth of his child. The 30-year-old Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student spent 104 days in immigration detention earlier this year—jailed not for breaking the law, but, he claims, for speaking out. On Thursday, Khalil filed a $20 million legal claim against the Trump administration, accusing them of weaponizing immigration enforcement to … Continue reading “Detained for Dissent: Columbia Activist Sues Trump Administration After Missing Son’s Birth”
