GOP lawmakers demand Biden admin prosecute ‘pro-terrorist mobs,’ hold schools accountable

FIRST ON FOX: Republican senators connected Tuesday demanded President Biden's lawyer wide and Education caput return contiguous action to reside escalating antisemitic encampments connected assemblage campuses, requesting that they "prosecute nan mobs who person perpetuated unit and threats against Jewish students." 

In a missive signed by 27 Republicans and led by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Attorney General Merrick Garland and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona were asked to swiftly reside nan un-authorized Gaza solidarity objection astatine Columbia University that has threatened nan information of Jewish students. 

The GOP lawmakers asked nan Biden Cabinet officials to prosecute those making threats, revoke visas for non-citizens participating successful "promoting terrorism" and clasp schoolhouse administrators accountable. 

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Twenty-seven Republican senators called connected Attorney General Merrick Garland and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to instantly reside antisemitic protests crossed nan state connected assemblage campuses. (Getty Images)

An anti-Israel objection began connected Columbia University's field past week and has persisted arsenic an encampment since then. The protesters person been captured intimidating Jewish students and promoting pro-Hamas rhetoric. The objection has since garnered important media attraction and dispersed to different prestigious universities complete nan people of nan week. 

"Anti-Israel protestors, spurred connected by salient leftists, person gathered connected assemblage campuses successful caller days, chanting antisemitic slogans and directly threatening Jewish students," nan missive stated. 

As of Tuesday morning, astatine slightest 22 of nan apical 50 universities, arsenic classed by U.S. News and World Report, had progressive demonstrations against Israel successful nan past week. 

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A Gaza solidarity encampment began past week astatine Columbia University. (Peter Gerber)

In nan letter, nan senators noted that a rabbi astatine Columbia University precocious reccommended Jewish students time off field and return location because nan assemblage and constabulary cannot guarantee their safety. 

Representatives for nan DOJ and Garland, arsenic good arsenic those for nan Education Department and Cardona, did not supply remark to Fox News Digital successful clip for publication. 

The missive asked Garland and Cardona for a consequence by Wednesday astatine 5:00 p.m.

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In a station to X connected Tuesday morning, Cardona wrote, "Antisemitic dislike connected assemblage campuses is unacceptable. I americium profoundly concerned by what is happening astatine Columbia University. In November 2023, our Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation of Columbia involving Title VI." 

"You request to return action to reconstruct bid and protect Jewish students connected our assemblage campuses," nan Republicans' missive said. "President Biden issued a connection connected Sunday, purporting to condemn nan outbreak of antisemitism. If that connection was serious, it must beryllium accompanied by contiguous action from your departments."

In a Sunday connection marking nan Jewish vacation of Passover, Biden said, "We must speak retired against nan alarming surge of antisemitism – successful our schools, communities, and online. Silence is complicity."

He added, "My Administration will proceed to speak retired and aggressively instrumentality nan first-ever National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, putting nan afloat unit of nan national authorities down protecting nan Jewish community."

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President Biden denounced nan antisemitic demonstrations. (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

However, nan Republicans suggested this was not capable without nan actions requested from some nan DOJ and nan Education Department. 

The White House did not supply remark to Fox News Digital successful clip for publication. 

The detonation of anti-Israel sentiment and antisemitic demonstrations was prompted by nan ongoing warfare betwixt Israel and Hamas, which initiated nan conflict connected Oct. 7, erstwhile nan group attacked Israeli civilians, sidesplitting indiscriminately and taking galore arsenic hostages. The terrorists besides perpetrated intersexual unit against Israeli women. 

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Several hostages are still unaccounted for and believed to beryllium held successful Hamas' custody. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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As Israel fights against Hamas successful Gaza, nan warfare has taken a toll connected civilians successful nan region, peculiarly arsenic nan violent group tends to congregate successful areas pinch precocious civilian populations arsenic a tactic. 

The Democratic Party, successful particular, has seen a disagreement create among members complete support for Israel amid nan war, pinch Arab, Muslim and young constituencies demonstrating little support and forcing politicians to beryllium calculated up of a competitory wide predetermination successful November.