"For months, shady organizations and individuals carried out a smear and harassment campaign designed to intimidate and silence me, said Khalil in a statement to the Center for Constitutional Rights. The public deserves full accountability for every bad actor who helped make that possible, including those at Columbia who fabricated and amplified these smears and opened the door for state retaliation against Palestinian speech."
"Several groups have boasted about their involvement in sharing dossiers on Palestine activists with the administration, and some claimed credit for Khalil's arrest. The Center for Constitutional Rights said that several weeks before Khalil's arrest, Betar USA — a far-right, pro-Israel group — included him on its deport list and said ICE was aware of his home address and whereabouts on X. Betar reportedly said it shared that information with officials within the Trump administration, including secretary of state Marco Rubio."
Khalil filed a lawsuit seeking release of communications between the Trump administration and anti-Palestinian groups that he says led to his March arrest and detention. Several groups publicly boasted about sharing dossiers on Palestine activists and some claimed credit for his arrest. Evidence indicates the administration acted on information and misinformation from those groups in targeting Khalil and other pro-Palestine activists. Betar USA included him on a deportation list, reported ICE awareness of his address and said it shared that information with officials including Marco Rubio. Other groups and individuals called for his deportation shortly before his arrest. Khalil demands accountability for smear and harassment campaigns.
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