Mahmoud Khalil Blasts Trump After Release: 'They Chose The Wrong Person'

Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has said the Trump administration "chose the wrong person for this" after he was freed from a Louisiana ICE detention center on Friday on a judge's orders.

Khalil, a Syrian born former Columbia University student, was detained by federal immigration authorities on March 8 after the Department of Homeland Security alleged he was a national security threat, something he has strongly denied.

Newsweek contacted the Department of Homeland Security and Columbia University for comment on Saturday via email outside of regular office hours.