Mahmoud Khalil has filed an administrative complaint against the Trumpf junta seeking $20 million in damages. ICE detained Khalil for more than three months as the Trumpf junta pushed for his deportation. Mr. Khalil alleges false arrest and imprisonment, malicious prosecution, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and other alleged wrongdoings. The Columbia graduate would use the money to "help others similarly targeted by the Trumpf administration and Columbia University." Said his legal counsel: "He would accept, in lieu of payment, an official apology and abandonment of the administration's unconstitutional policy." In 2024, Mr. Khalil helped lead and negotiate on behalf of antiwar Samaritans and pro-Palestine students at Columbia University when the IDF was (and is still) bombarding the living daylights out of Muslims in the Gaza Strip during Benjamin Netanyahu's on-going Nakba.

Mr. Khalil (30), a Permanent Resident Alien, is married to a US citizen. This complaint is a precursor to a federal lawsuit and was filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). As of 11 July 2025, the IDF has killed at least 57,680 Palestinians, injuring or maiming over 137,409 in the Gaza Strip. In the past 24 hours alone, at least ten Palestinians were killed and more than 60 others wounded when the IDF opened fire on a crowd waiting for humanitarian aid in southern Gaza. An international arrest warrant issued by the ICC for war crimes remains active for Benjamin Netanyahu. An indictment is merely an allegation. PM Netanyahu is presumed innocent until convicted at the ICC in the Hague. Link: Al Jazeera.com