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Columbia University student Yunseo Chung has a court hearing on her deportation case Thursday in New York City. A crowd of about 80 supporters gathered outside the courthouse around noon.Chung, a 21-year-old Korea native and green card holder,
The Trump administration alleged Thursday that Columbia University violated federal civil rights law by acting with “deliberate indifference” towards harassment of Jewish students on campus since October 2023.
Columbia University violated federal civil rights law through its "deliberate indifference" toward the anti-Israel protests that have taken place on campus since Oct. 7, 2023.
The federal government formally accused the university of violating civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish students.
Columbia was cited for violating federal civil rights law by allegedly "acting with deliberate indifference towards student-on-student harassment of Jewish students.”
Columbia is already in talks with the administration, which in March cut $400 million in grants and contracts to the school, citing antisemitism concerns on campus.
In a statement late Wednesday, the State Department announced it was focusing on those who were studying in “critical fields” or who had ties to the Chinese Communist Party and was revising visa criteria to “enhance scrutiny” of all future applications from China, including Hong Kong.
The commencement, during which thousands of students and parents packed Harvard Yard, caps the end of a tumultuous academic year for Harvard amid unprecedented threats from the Trump administration.
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