The University of Colombia said on Thursday that the Palestinian supporter of the Palestinian supporter was deported, suspended or canceled by the student hall captures of the campus hall.
Was a student Issued with punishment “The severity of behavior in these events” and the previous violation, if any, the Colombia’s statement was read.
This is the response of the University to take action against the US student workers who led the Palestinian supporters last year. Israel’s Gaza War, And their schools called Israel to reduce economic relations.
This has happened even after the government cut the M400 million in the federal funding for Colombia on March. This week, the US officials of the United States threatened to cut further deductions.
Here is what we know about Colombia’s threat and how it was a response:
What does the American government say to Colombia and other universities?
March 10 Sent to the letter 60 organizations, information about them, were being investigated for “opposition torture and discrimination” and warned of actions to enforce the possible law if they did not “protect Jewish students.”
In the schools where the major institutions like Colombia, Harvard and Princeon received notices. All 60 schools benefit from US Federal Funding.
The letter mentions the title of the Civil Rights Act, in which the Education Department has said that the universities have ordered the protection of Jewish students on campus (which includes continuous access to campus facilities and academic opportunities).
Education Secretary Linda McMohan was cited according to this mistake: “Jewish students studying in Elite American campus have been afraid of their safety during the continuous anti -depressant explosion that has been seriously disrupted the life of campus for more than a year. University leaders should do better. “”
Shalom Colombia: Trump Administration, Leadership @Usagogo And Task Force to cope with antisumitis (@Thejustedpeptpt, @HhsgovAnd @USGSA), In the federal grant ~ 400 m ~ 400 m canceled @Collia The Jews failed to save the students from opposing persecution. Pic.twitter.com/cavoxbhvx
– White House (@Whitehouse) 7 March 2055
Earlier in March, the Department of Education announced the deduction of funds of M400M, especially M400m, and mentioned “failure to save Jewish students from antisematic persecution.”
School was a major center in a wave of camps that was carried to the United States last year Israel Increased. April April 1, at the request of the University -led, before the New York police were arrested by a group of students, staff and alumni of Hamilton Hall, Hamilton Hall, a campus.
How did Colombia respond? What action has been taken against the students?
Colombia did not publicly respond to the education department’s letter.
However, in a statement issued by employees and students on March 10, Colombia’s interim president Katrina Armstrong said that the deduction of funds would affect the “research and serious functions of the university” and will affect employees and students. An annual operation cost of more than $ 6 billion of the university is met by federal grants.
Subsequently, on Thursday, Colombia declared that the students who joined the last year’s Hamilton Hall protests were suspended or completely expelled after the university inquiry. The school’s university Judicial board had a month -long process, and hearing for every student involved in it was included.
“The University of Colombia is committed to implementing the rules and policies of the University and improving the process of discipline,” the university said.
March 13, 2025 University statement regarding UNB determination: https://t.co/Centhn518zid Pic.twitter.com/dg71azmex
– Columbia University (@Columbia) March 13, 2025
It states that others have canceled their degree. The names and precise numbers of the students approved by the court board have not been revealed.
According to the Associated Press News Agency, many other students have suggested that the university officials have suggested that their inquiry is underway to share social media posts in support of Palestine people or to join “unauthorized” protests.
‘Dangerous times’: How did students and others react?
According to a according to a publication of the university’s Colombia daily audience in February, a student of a student worker accused of not taking a stand on the leadership of the university.
“Colombia student employees sent a letter asking you to protect the Colombia Nonasitizan students, professors and employees. In response, we received a vague answer from our office, which seems to be referring to a completely different topic. Instead of standing for the Colombia community, the university leadership or bad, fast and these threats are enabled, “the body wrote.
According to a New York Times report, the officials of the University of Colombia warned about posting the students of the institute’s journalism school on social media this week. The United States of the United States was warned of avoiding publishing of Gaza or Ukraine, especially about Ukraine.
Jaleni Kobe told the students, “If you have a social media page, make sure that it is not filled with commentary in the Middle East.” He continued, “No one can protect you… these are these dangerous times.
“History shows that the university who does not advocate for the academic freedom of his own members, is opening himself for further attacks on educational freedom in the future,” said Iraldo Souza Dos Santos, a historian who is currently associated with the University of Cornell.
“Colombia not only ignores Khalil’s defense appeal, but also ready to cooperate with the current administration in an attempt to criminalize the differences in campus.
“Instead, it should try to support the generation of students associated with the same long struggle against the partition and racism that is shaped by the 90s and 1980s,” he told Al Jaizira.
What happened to all of them?
The authorities have directly dragged the students involved in the Palestine supporter’s demonstration.
Mahmud Khalil, In December, the Colombian student, who was working as a student negotiation with the university authorities in December, was arrested and arrested on Saturday, March 11 by Immigration Officer Authorities.
Khalil is a Palestine and was raised in Syria. He is a permanent residency in the United States and is married to a US citizen, but now he faces the deportation. Khalil’s lawyer Amie Greer told reporters that when an official of the EMGRation and Custom Enforcement (ICE) agency came to take over him, he was in the house owned by Colombia University.
Posting his truth on the social platform after Khalil was taken into custody, Trump said, “Many people will be arrested”.
From the Hamilton Hall event, the US Congress in the United States has scrutinized and criticized Colombia’s disciplinary process. In a February letter, the Republican representatives demanded that the Colombia be registered or deduct the students involved in the campus protest.
This week, the Khalil and seven other seven other students from Colombia and the affiliated Barnard College filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court in Manhattan to try to prevent the US Congress Committee from registering the students from permanent institutions.
Meanwhile, the protesters have gathered in support of Khalil. ThursdayPolice have arrested dozens of protesters with a banner written by the Trump Tower in New York.