As pro-Palestine demonstrations erupt at college campuses across the nation, several public colleges in Texas have come under fire for cracking down on peaceful protests. While public universities are bound by the First Amendment, a March executive order by Gov. Greg Abbott forces colleges to suppress antisemitic speech, seemingly motivating some of the universities' responses this month.
Following the arrests of over 100 students at a tent encampment at Columbia University, pro-Palestine, anti-Israel protests in solidarity with the Columbia protesters have sprung up at colleges across the county. However, protests at several Texas universities have been met with immediate attempts to suppress demonstrations.
