Over one hundred protestors walked across the UCLA campus, marching from Royce Quad to Murphy Hall, chanting, ‘Free Mahmoud Khalid now.’

The Trump administration warned 60 universities, including in California, to increase enforcement against antisemitism or face consequences. The same day, UCLA launched a new antisemitism effort amid federal investigations of the campus.

The new effort to combat antisemitism comes as the DOJ investigates UCLA and the larger UC system for potential violations of Title VII.

Police officers detain a demonstrator during a protest, following the arrest by US immigration agents of Palestinian student protester Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University, in New York City, U.S., March 11,

When protests over the Israel-Hamas war took root on Columbia University’s campus last spring, Mahmoud Khalil became a familiar, outspoken figure in a student movement that soon spread to other U.S. c