It's been on you, shame on you, shame on you, shame on you, shame on you, stay on you,

it's been almost a year since the first encampment was established on the campus of Columbia University,

the Ivy League School in the Manhattan neighborhood of Morningside Heights.

A stunning scene at Columbia University in New York today.

Police in riot gear moving in to clear an encampment of students protesting the war in Gaza.

Dozens arrested.

Lester, right now press isn't being allowed on campus.

So what you're seeing here are protests that have spilled over to the public streets.

Protests that, as you can see, appear to be far from over.

Columbia's encampments were part of a nationwide student movement to protest Israel's war in Gaza,

and they dominated college campuses for months.

But Colombia's protests, in particular, received international attention.

Critics claim the protests were promoting anti-Semitism,

and that claim is something the Trump administration has seized on.

I will inform every educational institution in our land that if they permit violence, harassment,

or threats against Jewish students, the schools will be held accountable for violations of the

civil rights law.

This morning, the president wrote, all federal funding will stop for any college, school, or university

that allows illegal protests. He says agitators will be imprisoned or deported, and American

students will be permanently expelled or arrested. Very quickly, the White House made good on that promise.

Tonight, a Palestinian activist who helped lead the protest at Columbia University is in ICE custody.

Earlier this month, on Saturday, March 8th, federal immigration authorities arrested

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