The sanctions issued by a university judicial board also include probation and degree revocations, Columbia said in a ...

Detained for more than 100 days without charge, and with the threat of deportation looming over him, Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil was convinced he would eventually prevail. In an ...

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student, filed a suit last week to sue the Trump administration for $20 million, alleging false detention and defamation.

Trump administration attorneys tried arguing that the report of student activist Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest is privileged.

In March, ICE agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian Columbia graduate student who had negotiated with the university on students’ behalf. Khalil has a green card and no criminal background.

Mahmoud Khalil has sued the Trump administration for $20 million after spending months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention. The pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University ...

His complaint alleges he was falsely imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted and smeared as an anti-Semite. He said he either wants $20 million or an apology from the administration.