The Trump administration is searching for a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, a White House official stated Friday (August 8, 2025).
The individual was not authorised to talk publicly concerning the request and spoke on situation of anonymity. The Trump administration has suspended $584 million in federal grants, the college stated this week.
In current weeks, the Department of Justice has accused UCLA of antisemitism.
UCLA is the primary public college whose federal grants have been focused by the administration over allegations of civil rights violations associated to antisemitism and affirmative motion. The Trump administration has frozen or paused federal funding over comparable allegations in opposition to non-public schools.
The new UC president, James B Milliken, stated in an announcement Friday that it had acquired discover from the Department of Justice and is reviewing it.
“Earlier this week, we offered to engage in good faith dialogue with the Department to protect the University and its critical research mission,” Mr. Milliken stated.
“As a public university, we are stewards of taxpayer resources, and a payment of this scale would completely devastate our country’s greatest public university system as well as inflict great harm on our students and all Californians.”
UCLA just lately reached a $6 million settlement with three Jewish college students and a Jewish professor who sued the college, arguing it violated their civil rights by permitting pro-Palestinian protesters in 2024 to dam their entry to lessons and different areas on campus.
The college has stated it’s dedicated to campus security and inclusivity and can proceed to implement suggestions.
