"The Trump administration has spent the better part of this year openly at war with universities and claiming that their Gaza protests are antisemitic and that their DEI programs are discriminating against white kids. That fight spread to the University of California (UC) school system in March, when Trump went after UC Berkeley and UCLA, claiming their campus protests constituted antisemitism Things came to a boil last week when UC Berkeley handed over the names of 160 students and faculty who were accused of antisemitism."
"We will not stand by as the Trump administration tries to destroy one of the largest public university higher education systems in the country and bludgeons academic freedom at the University of California, the heart of the revered free speech movement, American Association of University Professors president Todd Wolfson said in a statement to the Times. That association is among the 21 groups bringing the lawsuit."
Trump administration has targeted universities, accusing Gaza protests of antisemitism and DEI programs of discriminating against white students. The campaign reached the University of California system when Trump challenged UC Berkeley and UCLA. UC Berkeley handed over names of 160 students and faculty accused of antisemitism. UCLA faced a $1.2 billion fine and suspension of about $584 million in federal medical research grants. A coalition of UC faculty, staff, and students, along with 21 UC-affiliated unions and faculty groups, sued the Trump administration to stop funding cuts and purges, alleging ideological interference and threats to academic freedom. The White House called the plaintiffs "victimhood-seeking professors."
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