FBI and DHS must explain 'failure' to protect Jewish students from pro-Hamas ... trends now
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Republicans are launching a probe into the federal law enforcement response to 'pro-Hamas' college protests that have 'failed' to prevent threats and violence against Jewish students.
In recent weeks, thousands of students and activists have been arrested for illegally occupying college campuses across the U.S. while calling for the downfall of Israel and praising Palestinians in Gaza.
At times, Jewish students have been targets of violence and have been blocked from attending classes by pro-Palestinian activists. Some Jewish students have described being afraid to be on campus and others have been told to avoid it altogether.
Now, House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., is investigating why federal authorities and the universities have failed to protect these students despite receiving over $8 million in 2023 in taxpayer-funded government grants to do so.
'Universities like Columbia that receive taxpayer-funded Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention grants from DHS must be able to uphold freedom of speech while protecting their students––especially as Jewish students have been repeatedly singled out for harassment since last October,' Green exclusively told DailyMail.com in a statement.
Law enforcement intervenes to separate pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protestors at a UCLA demonstration
Despite Columbia University receiving over $800,000 in federal funding to prevent terrorism and violence on campus, hundreds of students and activists were arrested for protesting. The school's president, Minouche Shafik, has requested a sustained police presence on campus
'These acts of anti-Semitic hate and brazen support for terrorist groups are unacceptable anywhere, particularly at our institutions of higher learning, but this rhetoric and coordinated, destructive activity could
