Recently freed pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil told CNN that the Trump administration tried to "make an example" of him with his arrest and immigration detention. Why it matters: Khalil's detention was an early flashpoint in President Trump's crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses following Israel's operations in Gaza.

The claim alleges Khalil was falsely imprisoned, maliciously prosecuted and smeared as an antisemite as the government sought to deport him over his prominent role in campus protests.