On Sunday, the chairwoman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, wrote a letter to the president of Columbia University calling for the “expulsion and termination of employment” of students and faculty who have violated university rules by participating in the antisemitic demonstrations and occupation of the campus.
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) sent the letter to Columbia’s President Minouche Shafik and the co-chairs of the university’s board of trustees. In the letter, Foxx cited 22 separate incidents of antisemitism and wrote, “I am gravely concerned by the ongoing chaos at Columbia University caused by the radical, unlawful Gaza Solidarity Encampment, which has now entered its fifth day. … Multiple Jewish students have already sought shelter off-campus. Columbia’s continued failure to restore order and safety promptly to campus constitutes a major breach of the University’s…
