The Trump administration said Thursday it was “encouraged” by Columbia University’s response to a pro-Palestinian protest at the main campus library Wednesday where police took 80 people into custody.

Specifically, Columbia University is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that protects against discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin, according to the

A federal probe found Columbia University violated the rights of Jewish students since campus protests took hold following the Oct. 7 Hamas-led terror attack on Israel, the government announced

The federal government formally accused the university of violating civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish students.

Celeste Gamble was in Columbia University’s Butler Library, studying for her final exams, when about a hundred student protesters launched an occupation of the reading room. It was the latest eruption of ongoing pro-Palestine protests on campus.

A group of protesters headed from New Orleans to the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Jena, La. on Thursday (May 22) to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University student and pro-Palestine activist who was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in March and has since been held in detention.

Several graduates of Columbia University on Wednesday shredded and burned their diplomas in a show of support for Palestine.

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.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that his officials are evaluating whether any of the anti-Israel protesters who invaded