DHS fires back after Mahmoud Khalil targets Trump admin for $20M over detention

Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is taking aim at the U.S. government, seeking $20 million after he was targeted for deportation and locked up by the Trump administration."Mr. Khalil is seeking $20 million, which he would use to help others similarly targeted by the Trump administration and Columbia University," the Center for Constitutional Rights noted in a press release. "He would accept, in lieu of payment, an official apology and abandonment of the administration’s unconstitutional policy."The release stated, "The claim is a precursor to a federal lawsuit against the Trump administ