Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil said during a recent appearance on CNN that President Trump’s administration wanted use him as "an example" after he was detained for over three months.

"It‘s absurd. It‘s basically to intimidate me. They want to conflate any speech for the right of Palestinians with a speech that‘s supporting terrorism, which is totally wrong,” Khalil, a green card holder and former Columbia University student, told CNN's Christiane Amanpour.

Federal immigration agents arrested Khalil in early March and he was detained for over 100 days. Khalil was not charged with a crime and ended up being

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