Trump threatens to stop funding for any colleges allowing 'illegal protests'

President Trump said Tuesday that he will seek to block the federal funding for colleges and universities “that allow illegal protests” on their campuses.

“All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came,” the president wrote in a Truth Social post, though he did not specify an enforcement mechanism.

“American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” Trump added.

The president’s post comes a day after multiple federal agencies announced they will be reviewing contracts and grants with Columbia University and deciding whether to continue them due to allegations of antisemitism on its campus.

Trump has previously made similar statements about deporting foreign students who engage in protests.

“One thing I do is, any student that protests, I throw them out of the country. You know, there are a lot of foreign students. As soon as they hear that, they’re going to behave,” Trump said at an event to donors, sources told The Washington Post.

His latest post came days after Barnard College, an affiliate of Columbia University, saw pro-Palestinian protesters injure an employee, who later went to the hospital, as they tried to get into a building.

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