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Today, as America's elite universities come under threat, one university president speaks out.

The Trump administration is upending college campuses across the U.S.

In recent weeks, the White House has launched investigations into dozens of the nation's

universities, accusing these schools of anti-Semitism and threatening to freeze major federal

grants if the schools don't comply with the administration's demands around things

like admissions policies and DEI programs. The civil rights attorney who is leading the administration's

task force to combat anti-Semitism, Leo Terrell, spoke to Fox News back in February.

We're going to use every tool in the toolbox, civil, criminal activities to stop the harassment of Jewish

students. That means we're going to take criminal action. We're going to cut off funding. We're

going to do everything, and we're formulating that right now. This week, Harvard became the

first elite school to refuse the administration's demands. In response, Trump froze $2.2 billion in their funding.

The Department of Homeland Security is also threatening to revoke Harvard's ability to admit

international students unless the university handsover disciplinary records for any students who've

participated in protests. It's worth noting that 27% of Harvard's student body is international students.

As of Thursday, Harvard continues to say it will stand its ground. A handful of other schools

have expressed solidarity. Now, by contrast, Columbia University was one of the first schools targeted,

and it agreed to work with the administration,

giving more power to security officers on campus to arrest people,

and changing the leadership of its Middle Eastern Studies Department, among other moves.

But that wasn't enough to satisfy the Trump administration,

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