"SAN FRANCISCO -- The Trump administration is using civil rights laws to wage a campaign against the University of California in an attempt to curtail academic freedom and undermine free speech, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by faculty, staff, student organizations and every labor union representing UC workers. The lawsuit comes weeks after the Trump administration fined the University of California, Los Angeles $1.2 billion and froze research funding after accusing the school of allowing antisemitism on campus and other civil rights violations."
"According to the lawsuit, the Trump administration has made several demands in its proposed settlement offer to UCLA, including giving government access to faculty, student, and staff data, releasing admissions and hiring data, ending diversity scholarships, banning overnight demonstrations on university property and cooperating with immigration enforcement. The Department of Justice didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Stett Holbrook, a spokesman for the University of California system, said that while the university is not involved in the lawsuit,"
The Trump administration has pursued civil rights enforcement and federal funding freezes targeting the University of California, citing alleged campus antisemitism and other civil rights violations. Faculty, staff, student organizations and every UC labor union filed a lawsuit contesting those actions. The administration fined UCLA $1.2 billion and paused research funding, and has similarly frozen or paused funds at several elite colleges. Proposed settlement demands have sought government access to faculty, student, and staff data, admissions and hiring records, elimination of diversity scholarships, bans on overnight demonstrations, and cooperation with immigration enforcement. UC officials warn federal cuts threaten biomedical research, competitiveness and public health.
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