Palestinian protests at Columbia University are expected to face off Wednesday in court with federal officials who want him deported.A federal judge on Monday temporarily halted Mahmoud Khalil's removal,

Police officers detain a demonstrator during a protest, following the arrest by US immigration agents of Palestinian student protester Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University, in New York City, U.S., March 11,

Columbia University is fighting two wars at once. One rages publicly against President Trump, whose administration in recent days ordered the arrest of a student protester and canceled federal funds to the Ivy League school over allegations of antisemitism.

The federal government has terminated $400 million in funds to the Ivy League university although investigations into alleged antisemitic harassment are continuing. The Trump administration’s sudden and fairly unprecedented termination of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to Columbia University raises worries among the nation’s K-12 schools that something similar could happen to their funding,

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Trump warns that ICE arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia University will be ‘first of many’ - Student leader accused immigration officials of conducting ‘open repression of student activism and

The Trump administration warned 60 universities, including in California, to increase enforcement against antisemitism or face consequences. The same day, UCLA launched a new antisemitism effort amid federal investigations of the campus.

The threat to withholding funding from schools over anti-Semitism is the latest conflict between Trump and higher education.

The Department of Education said IU Bloomington was one of 60 universities under investigation for "antisemitic harassment and discrimination."

The US Department of Education on Monday sent a letter to 60 universities around the country, including several in New England, warning them of “potential enforcement actions” if they fail to protect Jewish students on their campuses.