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Harvard May Pay $500M to Settle Trump Charges
It seeks deal to end battle over DEI and antisemitism policies.
H BY KATHRYN MCKENZIE
arvard university is considering paying $500 million to settle charges of antisemitism and diversity, equity, and inclusion policies brought by the Trump administration, according to The
New York Times. That would be more than
twice as much as Columbia University agreed to pay in July when it settled its clash with the White House. After previously insisting it
would fight the administration, Harvard is now open to a deal, the Times reported, citing four people familiar with the negotia- tions.
Columbia University set-
tled similar antisemitism charges with the administration for $200 million. President Donald Trump is reportedly set on forcing
Harvard to pay more than Columbia, according to the Times. Harvard rejected a settlement offer from the administra-
tion in April over its insistence on maintaining academic freedom and freedom of speech, which it is hesitant to relin- quish, especially in light of Columbia’s deal, which forced it to adopt an outside monitor to oversee the university and ensure its compliance with the agreement. Columbia also adopted a
new definition of antisemitism, which prohibits criticism of Jews and Israel. Harvard is already facing over $2
billion in federal funding cuts and risks losing its accreditation. The administration has also made sev- eral efforts to revoke the school’s ability to host foreign students.
Latinos on Southern Border Rave Over Migrant Crackdown
They backed Trump because Democrats only cared about fringe issues. BY JASON HOPKINS
H
ispanic Americans living along the U.S.-Mexico border are voicing strong
support for President Donald Trump’s handling of immigration enforcement, adding that they got exactly what they voted for. In the 2024 presidential election, Trump managed to flip several border counties that had not voted for a Republican president in decades, and in one particular case, for more than a century. Former President Joe Biden’s mismanagement of the border was cited by members of these Latino communities as one of the defining reasons for this change, and Trump’s historic crackdown on illegal immigration has kept them satisfied with their choice. “Oh, I’m very happy,” Perla Bazan, a lifelong resident of Starr County,
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Texas, told the Daily Caller News Foundation about Trump’s handling of immigration enforcement. Bazan said she regularly heard gunshots
throughout the day — a practice she said was a “signal” to migrants that they could cross into the U.S. later that night. The Texas mom added that by the end of Biden’s first term, her community was ready to vote for change. “I noticed [that the border crisis] has died
down a lot since Trump’s taken ofice,” Amanda Garcia, a resident of San Isidro, said. “That border wall — that’s exactly what we need.” Garcia recounted numerous instances when the border crisis spilled over onto her family’s property, such as when a vehicle ferrying illegal migrants plowed through her ranch’s fence. “I’m just glad that we weren’t home at
the time it happened,” the Texas mom said, adding that her father-in-law living nearby has dealt with the same issue multiple times, costing tons of money in repairs. “They ran right through our fence, tore it all down, and ran out through the net.” A mere 19% of voters in the county pulled
the lever for Trump in 2016, which was a fairly typical result at the time. In 2020, that number exploded to 47%. Another four years later, Trump raked in 57% of the vote, beating then-Vice President Kamala Harris by double- digit margins. Toni Trevino, chair of the Starr County
Republican Party, said the border was one of several factors that finally pushed residents to spurn the Democratic Party. “All [the Democrats] seemed to be worried about were fringe issues,” Trevino said.
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