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Anna Betts

Trump threatens to pull federal funds for US schools allowing ‘illegal protests’

people marching hold signs such as 'free Palestine' and 'exist resist return'
Students participate in a pro-Palestinian rally outside campus at Penn State University on 7 October 2024 in State College, Pennsylvania. Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images

Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to halt all federal funding for any college or school that allows “illegal protests” and vowed to imprison “agitators”, in a social media statement that prompted alarm from free expression advocates.

“All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests,” the US president wrote on Truth Social.

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