Trump Admin Probes Universities Suspected Of Handing Scholarships To Illegals

The Department of 🎓Education (ED) announced on Wednesday that it is opening investigations into five universities over policies that allegedly cater to illegal immigrants.

The University of Michigan, Western Michigan University, the University of Louisville, the University of Nebraska Omaha and the University of Miami are facing investigations after civil rights complaints allege the schools are illegally discriminating based on national origin to provide scholarships for students in the country illegally, according to the department.

“On January 21, 2025, President Trump promised that ‘every single day of the Trump Administration, will, very simply, put America first.’ Neither the Trump Administration’s America first policies nor the Civil Right Act of 1964’s prohibition on national origin discrimination permit universities to deny our fellow citizens the opportunity to compete for scholarships because they were born in the United States,” Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for Civil Rights, said in a statement announcing the investigations.

“As we mark President Trump’s historic six months back in the White House, we are expanding our enforcement efforts to protect American students and lawful residents from invidious national origin discrimination of the kind alleged here,” Trainor continued.

“The university has received a letter of notification relating to this matter. We have no further comment,” Kay Jarvis, director of public affairs at the University of Michigan, told the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation.

Western Michigan University, the University of Louisville, the University of Nebraska Omaha and the University of Miami did not respond to the DCNF’s request for comment.