Round-up: Trump Issues Executive Order Addressing Antisemitism on Campus
President Donald Trumps plans to address antisemitism on college campuses by “marshaling all federal resources” including instructing the Justice Department to investigate and punish offenders on U.S. campuses. The EO also calls for the deportation of nonresident aliens who “violate our laws,” citing previous threats by Trump to revoke student visas for international students who attended pro-Palestinian protests.
The Associated Press reports: Trump’s action promises to “protect law and order, quell pro-Hamas vandalism and intimidation, and investigate and punish anti-Jewish racism in leftist, anti-American colleges and universities.”
The executive order was one of three education related directives signed by the President on Wednesday. The other directive orders U.S. schools to stop teaching what he views as “critical race theory” and other material dealing with race and sexuality or risk losing their federal money. His order on K-12 schools declares that federal money cannot be used on the “indoctrination” of children, including “radical gender ideology and critical race theory.” It says civil rights laws barring discrimination based on sex and race would be used to enforce the order, calling critical race theory an “inherently racist policy.”
Below is a selection of news stories on the latest developments:
Trump Threatens to Deport International Students and Scholars Who Protested the War in Gaza
The Chronicle of Higher Education (January 30, 2025)
Trump Vows ‘Forceful’ Measures to Combat Campus Antisemitism
Inside Higher Ed (January 30, 2025)
Laken Riley Act Signed Into Law
Inside Higher Ed (January 30, 2025)
Trump Wants Universities to Crack Down on Antisemitism. Many Already Have.
The New York Times (January 30, 2025)
Trump’s Orders Take Aim at Critical Race Theory and Antisemitism on College Campuses
The Associated Press (January 30, 2025)
Trump Administration to Cancel Student Visas of Pro-Palestinian Protesters
USA Today / Reuters (January 30, 2025)