Student Gaza protests: top Republicans call on Biden to send in federal officers
by Erum Salam and Joanna Walters in New York, Chris S from US news | The Guardian on (#6M9B0)
Letter from 25 senators including Mitch McConnell says president must act immediately to restore order' on university campuses
Senior Republican US senators on Tuesday waded into growing tensions at leading universities over the Israel-Gaza war, demanding the Biden administration send in federal law enforcement officers to curb pro-Palestinian protests that have led to hundreds of arrests.
Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, and John Thune, his deputy, wrote to Merrick Garland, the US attorney general, and Miguel Cardona, the education secretary, calling demonstrators antisemitic, pro-terrorist mobs".
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