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The Ivy League school announced the layoffs as the institution faces financial strain following the Trump administration's decision to pull millions in federal funding in March following its 'mishandling' of protests against Israel.  Officials added that the institution would 'continue to make prudent budget decisions, even in areas not impacted by federally funded research, to ensure the university's long-term financial stability.'   'Columbia's leadership continues discussions with the federal government in support of resuming activity on these research awards and additional other awards that have remained active, but unpaid,' the letter said Since the horrific attack, anti-Israel protests have sprung up across the nation, including most recently at Columbia University and Barnard College in Manhattan—a university hotbed of pro-Gaza activism. Though Columbia caved to Trump's orders, students, staff, faculty and alumni held a protest against the university's decision to comply. A 25-hour 'speak out' protest was organized last week where one student labeled the cuts imposed by Trump as 'an all-out attack on science and academic freedom' 'Columbia's leadership continues discussions with the federal government in support of resuming activity on these research awards and additional other awards that have remained active, but unpaid,' the letter said.  'Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS!' he stated on social media. 'When there's an interruption in funding, people have to leave, new people can't be hired, some initiatives have to be put on hold, others need to be stopped, so research stops moving forward,' he added.   Trump demanded the university disallow students from wearing masks, the hiring of campus security with the allowance to arrest students, to abolish its current disciplinary process, and the appointment of a new senior vice provost to oversee the university's department of Middle East, South Asian and Online English As Second Language Kindergarten Grade Program African Studies Trump demanded the university disallow students from wearing masks, the hiring of campus security with the allowance to arrest students, to abolish its current disciplinary process, and the appointment of a new senior vice provost to oversee the university's department of Middle East, South Asian and African Studies.  Columbia officials added that the institution would 'continue to make prudent budget decisions, even in areas not impacted by federally funded research, to ensure the university's long-term financial stability' Trump's Education Secretary Linda McMahon said: 'Since October 7, Jewish students have faced relentless violence, intimidation, and anti-Semitic harassment on their campuses - only to be ignored by those who are supposed to protect them.   'We are pioneers in biomedical research, legal research, and environmental science research, and all of that got cut simply because the Trump administration had a vendetta against universities,' the student, David Guirgis, told NBC News. <img src="https://blogassets.leverageedu.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/24185535/Online-Learning.jpg"; style="max-width:410px;float:right;padding:10px 0px 10px 10px;border:0px;" alt="" />