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Representatives Stefanik and Foxx Send Harvard Scathing Letter Over Its Obstruction in Investigation of Assault on Jewish Student
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) have sent a letter to Harvard University President Dr. Alan Garber, criticizing the university’s alleged obstruction of an investigation into an assault on a Jewish student on campus. The assault occurred following a protest held by Harvard’s Palestine Solidarity Committee in response to the October 7 Hamas terror attacks.
The lawmakers’ letter highlights the October 18, 2023, “die-in” protest at Harvard Business School, organized by the Palestine Solidarity Committee, where demonstrators protested Israel’s defensive actions. During the event, an Israeli-American Harvard Business School student was physically assaulted and harassed by other students. The incident was reportedly recorded from multiple angles and reported to Harvard administrators, who identified two of the alleged assailants as current Harvard students. However, according to Stefanik and Foxx, no serious disciplinary action has been taken by the university against the attackers.
The letter expresses strong concern over Harvard’s decision to block the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office from investigating the assault, calling it an unprecedented and “brazen” refusal to cooperate with a law enforcement agency. Stefanik and Foxx wrote, “Harvard is shielding those who physically assaulted a Jewish student on Harvard’s campus by preventing a state prosecutor from moving forward with the state’s investigation.”
Additionally, the letter requests documents related to Harvard’s decision not to cooperate with the investigation, as part of an ongoing inquiry into allegations of antisemitism at the university, led by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
The issue of antisemitism on college campuses has received increased scrutiny in recent years, and this case marks a significant escalation in the attention being directed at Harvard’s handling of incidents involving Jewish students. The university has not yet responded publicly to the letter or the accusations.
Breitbart News reports A federal judge has halted President Joe Biden’s plans to open the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, to illegal aliens enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. On Monday, District Judge Daniel Traynor granted a preliminary injunction and stay to ensure that Biden’s agencies cannot implement such plans while the issue makes its way through federal court.
The case comes after Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, in May of this year, announced a final rule to open Obamacare rolls to some DACA illegal aliens enrolled in the program. DACA was created by President Barack Obama first via executive order.
“This decision is a big win for the rule of law,” Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach (R), who led the lawsuit, said in a statement:
Congress never intended that illegal aliens should receive Obamacare benefits. Indeed, two laws prohibit them from receiving such benefits. The Biden administration tried to break those laws. But we fought back and defeated the Biden Justice Department. [Emphasis added]
Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia had joined Kansas in the lawsuit against the Biden-Harris administration.
“This expansion of Obamacare to illegal aliens once again shows the Biden Administration’s contempt for the law,” Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) Executive Director Dale Wilcox said.
“Like DACA itself, this expansion is a usurpation of power by an executive that opposes the will of the people as expressed in duly enacted laws, and arrogantly purports to rewrite the law itself,” Wilcox said. “We are pleased the court saw how starkly unlawful Biden’s rule is, and struck it down.”
Breitbart News notes that President-elect Donald Trump is likely to throw out the final rule once taking office in January of next year. Estimations suggest that should about 100,000 DACA illegal aliens enroll in Obamacare, it would cost American taxpayers about $300 million annually. Other estimates have put the annual financial burden at about $2.8 billion.
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