Khalil became a face of the Trump administration crackdown on students' pro-Palestinian protests after US immigration agents arrested him in March 2025 in the lobby of his university residence.

The pro-Palestinian activist spent months in immigration custody last year.

Activist Mahmoud Khalil claimed Columbia University fostered hostility toward "pro-Palestinian" students and that its inaction directly led to his ICE detention.

After spending more than 100 days in ICE detention, the 31-year-old Palestinian activist is continuing to fight the Trump administration’s efforts to deport him.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil sued Columbia University on Monday, alleging it failed to address harassment against him and other members of a pro-Palestinian campus group and retaliated against ...

Mahmoud Khalil, the pro-Palestinian activist who spent months in immigration custody following his detention last year, sued Columbia University in federal court Monday for allegedly showing ...

Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian Columbia University alum who was detained by the Trump administration last year, is suing his alma mater along with an Israeli dean of the school he attended for ...

Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent pro-Palestinian demonstrator targeted by the Trump administration, and other former Columbia University student activists are suing their alma mater over its alleged ...

NEW YORK -- Mahmoud Khalil is suing Columbia University in federal court for showing "deliberate indifference" to the harassment of pro-Palestinian students like him. Khalil alleges Columbia failed to ...

Activists stand outside Columbia University gates before a press conference for Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist, announcing a federal lawsuit to be filed ...

Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil announced on Monday that he sued Columbia University, where he attended and organized several anti-Israel protests, for what he claimed was years of discrimination.