Trump's war on Columbia continues
White House says Columbia refusing to identify pro-Palestine protesters
The White House has accused Columbia University of refusing to help federal agents identify and locate students who participated in the pro-Palestine protests last year.
The allegation came after US immigration authorities detained Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil, who holds a green card, for his role in the campus rallies.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said federal authorities have been “using intelligence” to identify other people involved in what the Trump administration has labelled “pro-Hamas” demonstrations. She said Columbia had been given the names of other participants, but was refusing to help the Department of Homeland Security “identify those individuals on campus”.
“As the president said very strongly in his statement yesterday, he is not going to tolerate that,” she added.
Last week, the Trump administration also cancelled some $400m in federal funding to Columbia, citing the university’s alleged “failure to protect Jewish students from anti-Semitic harassment”
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