US universities pushed to report non-citizen campus protesters

Universities across the US are setting up task forces, tightening disciplinary policies, employing surveillance cameras, and hiring private investigators to track anti-Israel student protesters in response to criticisms that they have allowed antisemitism to spread alongside pro-Palestinian demonstrations. In early February 2025, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the State and Education Departments to push colleges to report non-citizen students or staff who engage in activities that could be considered antisemitic or supportive of terrorism so they can be investigated or deported. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/us/trump-executive-order-antisemitism.html

Publication: New York Times

Writer: Sharon Otterman and Anemona Hartocollis