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.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was released from federal immigration detention, freed by a judge’s ruling after becoming a symbol of President Trump’s clampdown on campus protests.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was released Friday from federal immigration detention, freed after 104 days by a judge’s ruling after becoming a symbol of President Donald Trump ’s ...