Overview
- Khalil filed a federal civil‑rights suit in New York that names Columbia University, its Board of Trustees and SIPA Dean Keren Yarhi‑Milo and says the school ignored persistent harassment of pro‑Palestinian students.
- The suit says Columbia’s inaction allowed coordinated doxxing and false narratives about Khalil to spread and that those conditions helped lead to his March 2025 arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- Plaintiffs include Khalil, the SIPA Palestine Working Group and its president Mohammad Ibrahim Zubairi and they ask a judge to restore Khalil’s campus access, lift PWG’s suspension and award damages.
- Khalil spent 104 days in a Louisiana immigration facility before a judge ordered his release and his deportation case remains active as he pursues multiple parallel lawsuits against federal officials and private groups.
- Columbia declined to comment on the new litigation and repeated a general commitment to prevent discrimination even after its July 2025 settlement with the federal government that required institutional reforms and a $221 million payment.