Trump is targeting antisemitism in schools. Experts fear other civil rights will be ignored

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal office that enforces civil rights at schools across the U.S. has been ordered to prioritize complaints of antisemitism above all else as it molds to President Donald Trump’s agenda, raising fears that other rights violations will go unpunished.

Trump’s new leader of the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights told staff this week they will be expected to aggressively pursue complaints involving antisemitism and hew closely to Trump’s wishes, according to sources who were on the call with Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights.

Already there are signs of a hard turn on civil rights enforcement, including new actions focused squarely on anti-Jewish bias

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