Congress’s Crackdown on Campus Protests and the Threat to Civil Liberties

Article by Ethan Mayer-Rich addresses the "coordinated response" in Congress to attempt to crush student protests, in light of the global campus protest movement demanding an end to Israel's genocide in Gaza. This included House Speaker Mike Johnson's announcement of an investigation into these campus protests, calls from Senate Republicans to revoke the visas of students participating in the protests, bills in the House of Representatives aiming to remove foreign nationals charged for their participation in “'pro-terrorism or antisemitism rallies or demonstrations'” (HR 8221 and HR 8322), attempts in Congress to disqualify student protesters from federal student loans and from loan forgiveness programs (HR 8242, HR 8332, S.4240, S.4302, and more).