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All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter,
Today's message will cast an impermissible chill on student protests about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The [first amendment] protects controversial political speech; we don't use the law to punish dissenters."
In a statement on Tuesday, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (Fire) condemned Trump's remarks, per The Guardian We are reviewing tonight's communication from the Department of Education, Department of Health and Human Services, and General Services Administration. Columbia is fully committed to combatting antisemitism and all forms of discrimination, and we are resolute that calling for, promoting, or glorifying violence or terror has no place at our University. We look forward to ongoing work with the new federal administration to fight antisemitism, and we will continue to make all efforts to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our students, faculty, and staff."
Columbia has since responded with a statement on the university website This failure is unacceptable and ends today,
the executive order read, ordering each executive cabinet agency to submit additional measures to combat campus anti-semitism Americans have watched in horror for more than a year now, as Jewish students have been assaulted and harassed on elite university campuses,
American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on the crime, arrested,
Trump said in a Truth Social post
