Republicans in the House of Representatives are demanding investigations into anti-Semitism on the UCLA campus

A congressional education committee chaired by Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina on Wednesday reprimanded UCLA for its response to the pro-Palestinian camp and to the attack by a mob of counterprotesters on the camp, demanding that the university remove all hands over documents. communications and security videos related to alleged anti-Semitic incidents on campus since October 7.

In a letter written Wednesday, she accused UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, UC President Michael V. Drake and Rich Leib, chairman of the UC Board of Regent, of “inadequate response to anti-Semitism and failure to protect Jewish students.”

Block, Drake and Leib have been asked to testify at a May 23 hearing called “Call for Accountability: Stop Anti-Semitic College Chaos,” according to the Los Angeles Times.

Foxx, chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, previously praised Columbia University President Minouche Shafik for calling in the New York Police Department to sweep the New York University camp, leading to the arrest of 108 demonstrators.

In addition to videos of the protests, Foxx has also requested that all texts and other communications from university staff, police and regents be submitted by Monday, May 21.

The Gaza war protest encampment was set up next to Royce Hall for two weeks until police dismantled it on May 1 and arrested more than 200 people. Foxx argued that it should have been torn down long before then.

“UCLA’s leaders allowed their campus to become a severe and pervasive hostile environment for Jewish students, and stood by when students, faculty and affiliates were attacked and harassed,” Foxx wrote. “For days, the illegal camp’s checkpoints illegally denied students access to campus buildings.”

The letter claims that “Jewish students were attacked, harassed and intimidated for walking on their own campus.”

According to the Times, the committee also wants to see disciplinary files from teachers and students “relating to alleged anti-Semitic incidents” at the university since October 7.