Trump to urge universities to 'monitor,' 'report' Israel-Hamas protesters
Source: ABC News
February 4, 2025, 6:13 AM
President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at combatting antisemitism calls on institutions of higher education to "monitor for and report activities by alien students and staff" concerning "antisemitism" on college campuses.
Some legal scholars say they're concerned about what this could mean for free speech on college campuses following more than a year of tension between students, faculty and administrators, while other experts noted that past McCarthy-era cases on communist activity could foreshadow the action's legal standing.
The main thrust of the executive order's purpose: "Jewish students have faced an unrelenting barrage of discrimination; denial of access to campus common areas and facilities, including libraries and classrooms; and intimidation, harassment, and physical threats and assault," the order reads.
The fact sheet released by the White House on the new executive action threatens to "deport" college students in the United States on student visas and other resident aliens who expressed "pro-Hamas" or "pro-jihadist" views to "combat antisemitism on college campuses and in communities across the nation." It calls for immediate action to be taken by the Department of Justice to "quell pro-Hamas vandalism and intimidation, and investigate and punish anti-Jewish racism in leftist, anti-American colleges and universities."
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Jit423
(822 posts)As long as protesters are non-violent why can't they protest the treatment of Palestinians by Israel? Others can violently protest against our own government and be hailed as heroes. something is wrong here. Has Trumped barred lynching, setting fires, and otherwise intimidating blacks on college campuses and elsewhere?
Harker
(15,474 posts)That's a pretty big leap, attributing a motive for it.
Initech
(103,355 posts)All brought to you by the most free speech party to ever free speech. WTF.