The US Justice Department is investigating whether individuals involved in the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University last year violated federal anti-terrorism laws, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Friday.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, speaking at the Justice Department, said it was all part of the president’s “mission to end antisemitism in this country.”

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether Columbia University concealed ''illegal aliens'' on its campus, one of its top officials said Friday, as the Trump administration intensified its campaign to deport foreigners who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the school last year.

Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring and temporarily revoked the diplomas of some students wh

The Trump administration has told Columbia University that it must make a series of policy changes as a precondition for talks on restoring $400 million in federal funding, adding fresh pressure in its crackdown on schools where pro-Palestinian protests flourished last year.

Ranjani Srinivasan’s student visa was revoked on March 5 for “advocating for violence and terrorism,” the Homeland Security Department said in a statement Friday.

According to the sources, it was part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on individuals it has described as espousing the views of Hamas.

The Department of Homeland Security said a Columbia University student who had her student visa revoked self-deported. Another Palestinian student was arrested for overstaying her expired visa.