Columbia University Apartheid Divest was the subject of a letter sent Tuesday by Rep. Elise Stefanik and Sen. Joni Ernst.
Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., , Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and student protesters camp near the entrance to Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York
Columbia has found itself entangled in controversy since the onset of the Israel-Hamas war, often related to pro-Palestine movements on its campus. One coalition leading such movements is Columbia University Apartheid Divest , which is self-described as the joining of “100+ groups who see Palestine as the vanguard for collective liberation.”
Sen. Ernst and Rep. Stefanik claim in a letter to FBI Assistant Director in Charge James Dennehy CUAD is responsible for making repeated credible threats of violence against Jewish students at the school. These actions require a response from the nation’s highest criminal investigators, the letter reads.
CUAD, the lawmakers wrote, should be considered a “medium threat” under the FBI’s own threat assessment criteria for school shooters. The agency, they added, should respond by taking immediate action.“The time to act is now,” they wrote. “Rarely has the FBI had such public and obvious evidence of potentially imminent violence.
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