Mahmoud Khalil is suing Columbia in a last-ditch effort to get protection from the system he wants to overthrow

Mahmoud Khalil, the Algerian citizen who has spent the better part of his four years in the United States participating in unlawful demonstrations at Columbia University, is suing everyone he can. Facing imminent deportation for his role in Columbia University Apartheid Divest — the group that claims to be working toward the downfall of Western civilization — Khalil is showing some real nerve. On Monday, he filed a lawsuit against Columbia and the dean of his master’s degree program, claiming they failed to protect him and his fellow window-smashers from discrimination and harassment. It’s not the first time Khalil has sought protection under the laws of the constitutional system he advocates overthrowing. In March 2025, Khalil sued Columbia and several federal lawmakers to stop the university from turning over students’ disciplinary records to Congress. Had Congress seen that Columbia failed to expel anti-Israel fanatics who destroyed school property, trespassed, and falsely imprisoned custodial staff, the government might have concluded that universities weren’t taking discrimination against Israelis and Jews seriously. Khalil and his comrades may dream of a world without a First Amendment, but they were happy to invoke it to protect themselves. In July 2026, he sued multiple government officials, think tanks and other nonprofits, arguing they conspired to have him deported. Apparently he believes that private organizations making political arguments are not protected by the First Amendment, while destroying property and disobeying police are sacred civil rights. To summarize: Anyone looking to hold Khalil and his fellow professional agitators accountable for documented lawbreaking is violating civil rights law — and anyone trying to protect the students those agitators wanted to intimidate is violating the First Amendment. Any questions? It’s exactly the level of sophistication you’d expect from someone who understands the American sy...