‘This Is Going To Stop’: Leo Terrell Warns Elite Schools Over Anti-Semitic Protests

Justice Department official Leo Terrell told Fox News host Harris Faulkner Monday the Trump administration would be reading “the riot act” to ten major universities over pro-Hamas protests.

Columbia University was hit with the cancellation of over $400 million in federal grants from four federal agencies after failing to respond to the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism about allegations of civil rights violations during a new round of protests. Terrell, who left Fox News to serve as the senior counsel to the assistant attorney general for civil rights, vowed to “eradicate” antisemitism on campus during the interview with Faulkner.

“Let me be clear to all those individuals who are defending this individual: A student visa is a privilege not a right. I’m telling all of these individuals, it is a privilege and it can be revoked. Yes, you will get your day in court before an immigration judge, but it can be revoked,” Terrell said. “I want these individuals who are practicing anti-Semitic behavior, if you are an individual on a student visa, you are not an American citizen, you’re a foreign national. You can expect deportation proceedings or revocation of your right to attend a prestigious university in the great country of America.”

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The State Department revoked the visa of a student for participation in pro-Hamas protests, but their name and nationality was not released. President Donald Trump announced United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement also took Mahmoud Khalil, who led pro-Hamas protests at Columbia University, into custody