U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Wednesday threatening to cut federal assistance to colleges that fail to combat anti-Semitism, a senior administration official said on Tuesday.
The order would extend protections against discrimination under the 1964 Civil Rights Act to people subjected to anti-Semitism on college campuses, the official said.
The order "just explains if an incident is anti-Semitic it could fall into a Title 6 violation," the official said, referring to Title 6 of the law which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.
"Just because someone is Jewish doesn't mean they should be punished and not receive the same protections for discrimination under Title 6," the official said.