The administration of the American President Donald Trump has decided to Cut about 400 million dollars in federal subsidies and contracts intended for the both prestigious and Woke Columbia University. The reason? Failure to protect Jewish students. The announcement came through an official press release from the Minister of Education Linda McMahon: “Universities must respect all federal laws against discrimination if they want to continue receiving federal funding”.
Frozen subsidies derive from federal bodies such as the Department of Health and Human Services and the General Services Administration, as well as by the Ministry of Education itself. This measure comes after the university had been at the center of bright pro-gaza protests, very often also Pro Hamaswho had aroused disputes on the theme ofanti -Semitism. “Columbia has failed in its obligation to guarantee the safety and dignity of Jewish students in its campus,” said McMahon.
A spokesman for Columbia said that the university is examining the details of the federal decision and is undertaking to collaborate with the government to try to restore the funds. “Columbia firmly condemns anti -Semitism and works to guarantee a safe and respectful environment for the entire academic community,” he added. According to the Wall Street Journalinitially the administration aimed to cut a much higher number of subsidies, for a total value of billions of dollars, but today he decided to keep intact some subsidies of the National Institutes of Health destined for Columbia. But the cut still represents a bad blow for the University, which according to the data provided by the stars and stripes in 2024 Columbia received more than 639 million dollars in subsidies from the Nih, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Donna Lieberman, has defined the move an unconstitutional government effort “to force colleges and universities to censor the speech and defense of students who are not approved by the sorceress, how to criticize Israel or support the rights of the Palestinians”. But the 400 million dollar cut is good news for Columbia/Barnard Hillel, a group of Jewish students. Executive director Brian Cohen said he hopes that he represents “an alarm bell for the administration and the trustee of Columbia to take the anti -Semitism and the harassment of Jewish students and teachers seriously.
Let’s already imagine the controversy of the next few days. Paladins of progressism against Trump, guilty of undermining freedom of expression. Or the red collectives to shout to fascism because the Palestinian flag or Hamas cannot be held. Pure squadrismo. But this Woke stuff is in the end, fortunately, and the usual nonsense will not be enough to confuse the waters and denigrate common sense measures.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the University will have 30 days to respond to government concerns and work on restoring funds. But this is not the only move of the Trump administration towards the Wake world. It is not only universities that pay, but also Hamas fans and declared anti -Semites. The American State Department, led by secretary Marco Rubio, has The visa to a foreign student involved in pro-gaza protests revoked last spring. The student’s identity was not made known, but a spokesman confirmed his connection with the so-called “pro-haamas disorders”. The individual will be expelled from the country by the Immigration and Customs enforcement agency (ICE).
Rubio reiterated the hard line of the Trump administration: “The United States will not tolerate foreigners who support terrorist organizations such as Hamas. Those who violate American law, including international students, risk revocation of the visa and expulsion “. And that’s not all. According to what emerged, the State Department is developing a program based on artificial intelligence, called “Catch and Revoke”to monitor the social profiles of foreign students. The goal is to identify any Pro-Hamas sympathies and act accordingly. This initiative has raised concerns among civil rights activists, who fear violations of privacy and freedom of expression. But those who have nothing to hide or to be ashamed will certainly have no problem …
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