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Congress Must Impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem

To Congress:

The Secretary of Homeland Security is supposed to make America safer. Kristi Noem is making our country less safe by the minute. If Noem refuses to step down, Congress should use the power of impeachment spelled out in the United States Constitution to remove her from office.

#HomelandInsecurity #Noem #Impeach #PublicCitizen #Petition

https://act.citizen.org/page/93398/petition/1

DoomsdaysCW Jul 11, 2025

#ColumbiaUniversity #protester #MahmoudKhalil files $20M claim against #Trump administration

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Updated 3:47 PM EDT, July 10, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — "On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the child’s birth in New York.

"For a moment, the outspoken Palestinian activist found himself uncharacteristically speechless.

" 'I cannot describe the pain of that night,' Khalil said finally, gazing down as the baby, Deen, cooed in his arms. 'This is something I will never forgive.'

"Now, weeks after regaining his freedom, Khalil is seeking restitution. On Thursday, his lawyers filed a claim for $20 million in damages against the Trump administration, alleging Khalil was #FalselyImprisoned, maliciously prosecuted and smeared as an #antisemite as the government sought to deport him over his prominent role in campus protests.

"The filing — a precursor to a lawsuit under the #FederalTortClaimsAct — names the #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the #USStateDepartment.

"It comes as the deportation case against Khalil, a 30-year-old recent graduate student at Columbia University, continues to wind its way through the immigration court system."

https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-ice-release-trump-columbia-protests-570f7af32010c16b1a00dd7e78f4c687

#ResistICE #DHS #HomelandInsecurity #ICEKidnapping #ICERaids #USPol #Gestapo #ResistAuthoritarianism #ResistFascism #FreePalestine #FreeSpeech #SpeakUpAgainstGenocide #IsraeliWarCrimes

Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil files $20M claim against Trump administration

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, whose role in campus protests against Israel led to his detention for over three months in immigration jail, is now seeking $20 million in damages from the Trump administration. His lawyers filed a claim Thursday, alleging false imprisonment and malicious prosecution after his March arrest by federal agents. Khalil, a legal U.S. resident, said he suffered severe anguish in jail, and continues to fear for his safety. The government has accused him of leading protests aligned with Hamas, but has not provided any evidence of a link to the terror group.

AP News