The Trump administration said on Tuesday that Columbia University was “refusing to help” the Department of Homeland Security identify people for arrest on campus, after immigration authorities detained a prominent Palestinian activist and recent Columbia graduate over the weekend.
The Trump White House’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said on Tuesday the administration had given the university names of multiple individuals it accused of “pro-Hamas activity”, reiterating the administration’s intention to deport activists associated with pro-Palestinian protests.
“Columbia University has been given the names of other individuals who have engaged in pro-Hamas activity, and they are refusing to help DHS identify those individuals on campus,” Leavitt said in a press briefing. “And as the president said very strongly in his statement yesterday, he is not going to tolerate that.”
The white house is claiming that columbia isn’t cooperating.
columbia very likely is. They were all on board with retaliation against students earlier.
I would assume some admin are being held back by the school lawyers, only , who see massive, huge, and extraordinary law suits later should government change the the better
Yeah. After getting police and MAGA mobs to beat up student camps, after attacking students and faculty using their direct means, simply for voicing opposition to war crimes and genocide, this seems to be just the public front.
There is no reason to believe that Columbia would change their stance for the better now. Also as they seem to see themselves as a business first, rather than an educational space, they will be working to get back those 400 Million from Trump.