Previously Detained Columbia Graduate Now Seeks Big Payday From Trump Admin

1 sourceUpdated Jul 10, 2025

A college graduate student accused of pro-Hamas activism is seeking millions from the Trump administration weeks after being released from an immigration detention center. Mahmoud Khalil — a Syrian-born Palestinian…

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