UCLA to Pay ‘Heavy Price’ for Campus Antisemitism, Bondi Says
The Trump administration has pressured dozens of universities over alleged campus antisemitism since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi demanded “severe accountability” from the University of California at Los Angeles on Tuesday after the Justice Department found the university violated federal civil rights laws by failing to stop antisemitic harassment on campus.
DOJ’s Civil Rights Division said UCLA acted with “deliberate indifference” to reports of abuse targeting Jewish and Israeli students since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack, according to a press release. Additionally, the department said the university failed to meet its legal obligations under the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, in a notice of violation.