More than 100 anti-Israel protesters have been detained at Columbia University, Swarthmore College, and the University of Washington following the arrest of both college and local authorities, who quickly broke up new presentations.
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More than 100 pro-Hamas activists reportedly squatted into Columbia’s Butler collection, causing quite a disturbance that finals-focused students were forced to leave. At least 80 of the demonstrators were detained.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) was checking if any of the demonstrators supporting Hamas were non-citizens while fingerprinting those who had been detained.  ,
Foreign college students in America have been warned that if you violate the law or support terrorism in our country, your visa may be revoked, according to the state department. This management does not tolerate mayhem involving non-citizens on our university campuses.
This is a far cry from Columbia’s silence next year, when the university permitted the demonstrators to hold an administrative building, hold rooms, and threaten Israeli students and faculty. Following the protesters ‘ actions, the school requested assistance from the New York Police Department this time, which caused” considerable chaos” and “posed a serious risk to our students and college safety,” according to acting school president Claire Shipman in a speech.
What took place? Donald Trump, quick solution.
Colleges and the left are debating the effectiveness of threatening colleges and universities with a reduction of offers and other monetary rewards. The truth is that the schools have had plenty of opportunities to make simple adjustments that may protect Jewish students, prevent vilifying viewpoints that they disagree with, and adhere to the civil rights laws intended to stop race-based favoritism.  ,
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Protesters demanded on Monday that Boeing, an aerospace and defense firm, be removed from the University of Washington in Seattle. About 30 people were detained, according to a school speech, and they set fires to landfills and blocked entrances and exits to the tower. According to the Washington State Standard, damage to one tools place totaled$ 1 million.
In response to the event, three governmental agencies announced the following morning that they would start a review of the school’s governmental grants and contracts. The organizations wrote that the school needs to “deter further violence and ensure that Israeli students have a safe and effective studying environment.”
Nine students were detained at Swarthmore College after Students for Justice in Palestine ( SJP) attempted to set up a tent camp. The university book had been suspended.
In a speech, the university’s president, Val Smith, wrote,” I felt we had no choice but to turn to local law enforcement for help.” She claimed that non-student activists had attempted to encamp themselves.
Shipman claimed that when she visited Butler Library to assess the damage, she saw two college security guards being cared for after being assaulted.
She said in her speech,” As I left days later, I saw one of the many jewels in Butler Library, which had been defaced and damaged in disturbing way and with shocking phrases, and I saw it.”
According to the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism, Shipman’s speech was” solid and resolute,” adding that she “has stepped in to guide Columbia at a crucial stage and has met the moment with courage and faith.”
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The American people are urging the administration to make important and legal commitments to enforcing civil rights laws with organizations that receive taxpayer dollars, according to the statement.
No, Columbia, you might not receive your$ 400 million in grants back.
There has changed how the school management perceives the protests, according to Katherine S. Cho, an associate professor in higher education at Loyola University Chicago. They were a teaching time next year, in Cho’s opinion.
Student protests are no longer seen as a tool for learning, conversation, and political engagement at universities that are under large surveillance, according to her statement. They are seen as issues that need to be resolved right away and less subject to scrutiny, she said.
The campuses are situated on a diverse world than the rest of us. They might be brought back to Earth by the reprisals.
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