The district judge said Thursday that Columbia University will not provide information to the House Education Committee, which requested student disciplinary action until after a scheduled hearing on Tuesday.
The GOP-led House committee was requesting data on recent activities on campus, including student-specific disciplinary information, as Republicans accused students of failing to protect them from anti-Semitism.
Detained activist Mahmoud Khalil, a former Colombian student Others sued It prevents the school from handing over student records.
Thursday's ruling from Judge Arun Subramanian said it was not based on the merits of the case, but to maintain the “state” until a hearing on the matter is held.
A legal immigrant, Halil was sued after being detained by immigration and customs enforcement. He was targeted last spring as his time as a chief negotiator for Colombia's pro-Palestinian camp.
“The records requested by the Commission are not substantially related to anti-Semitism. Rather, the Commission has accused anti-Semitism accusations to attack ideas that are ideologically opposed. The whist of anti-Palestinian, anti-Arabic, zramphobic dogs travel to justify their unheard rights of initial unification.
The decision by Subramanians will come when Colombia will have to decide whether to accept the federal government's demands to change federal government policies and other universities' policies.
Columbia has become the Trump administration's top target after school protesters served as the epicenter of Prorestin's campus movement last spring, arresting more than 2,000 individuals across the country.
House Education Committee Chairman Rep. Tim Wahlberg (R-Mich.) said the information the committee wants from Columbia is “crucial to consider the law on this issue.”
“Our committee will continue to work to protect Jewish students and hold schools accountable for not dealing with anti-Semitism that ramps on university campuses,” he added.
