US president vows to withdraw funding from schools allowing “illegal protests”

US President Donald Trump has announced that any educational institution that permits unauthorized protests will face the withdrawal of federal funding.

In a statement posted on Truth Social, Trump outlined his stance on protests at educational institutions, warning that such actions would have serious consequences for schools and universities that fail to control demonstrations not officially sanctioned by authorities, Caliber.Az reports.

“All Federal funding will stop for any college, school, or university that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on the crime, arrested. No masks! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” President Trump posted.

The threat comes a day after his administration vowed to pull more than $50 million in government contracts from Columbia University due to the Ivy League’s alleged inaction on clamping down on anti-Israel protests.

It comes, too, after Trump signed an executive order in January instructing federal agencies to find ways to crackdown on pro-Hamas graffiti and intimidation, including on college campuses, as well as deport anti-Jewish activists who violate laws.

By Vafa Guliyeva