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Trump administration sues over alleged 'antisemitic hostile work environment' at UCLA
The DOJ alleges UCLA tolerated severe antisemitic harassment against Jewish and Israeli employees after the 2023 Hamas attack, violating federal civil rights laws.
- On Tuesday, Feb. 24, the U.S. Department of Justice sued the University of California, alleging the UCLA campus created a `hostile work environment` for Jewish and Israeli employees.
- After Oct. 7, 2023, pro-Palestinian encampments and protests spread across UCLA, leading to a DOJ investigation in March 2025 and a July 2025 finding of violations that froze $584 million in federal grants.
- Investigators allege swastikas, calls for extermination, assaults, and exclusion incidents on UCLA campus, with the UCLA Task Force on Antisemitism and Anti-Israeli Bias finding the atmosphere `so severe and so pervasive` and more than 200 people arrested.
- The complaint asks a judge to force UCLA to investigate complaints, enforce policies, provide training, and award damages to Jewish and Israeli employees and two UCLA professors, risking impacts on the University of California system's federal funding.
- The suit fits into a broader Trump administration campaign targeting universities, with critics warning it risks weaponizing antisemitism to reshape higher education and threaten academic freedom.
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Justice Department sues UCLA, alleging school failed to protect Jewish employees from hostility
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in California, is the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign to punish top universities that it says have been soft on antisemitism.
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The Justice Department is suing the University of California over allegations that UCLA failed to protect Jewish employees from antisemitic harassment amid pro-Palestinian protests that roiled the campus in 2023 and 2024.
DOJ Files Lawsuit Against UCLA Alleging Antisemitic Hostile Work Environment for Jewish and Israeli Employees
The U.S. Department of Justice filed an 81-page civil complaint (see below) on Tuesday, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the Regents of the University of California, alleging that the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by permitting a hostile work environment based on religion and national origin for Jewish and Israeli faculty and staff. The law…
DOJ Sues UC, Alleging “Hostile Work Environment” for Jews
The Justice Department sued the University of California system Tuesday, alleging it has tolerated antisemitism to such an extent that it’s created a hostile work environment for Jewish and Israeli employees at UCLA, violating federal law banning employment discrimination.
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