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.

Khalil, 30, who was a key negotiator and spokesperson during Columbia University's pro-Palestinian campus protests, has filed the complaint under the Federal Tort Claims Act.