The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced a discrimination investigation at UNLV that “will focus on the University’s response to antisemitism on campus.”

“The compliance review investigation will examine whether UNLV, a recipient of federal financial assistance, has engaged in discriminatory practices based on race, color, or national origin against its students,” according to a news release.

The DOJ cites the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Last year, a Jewish student sued UNLV , the Nevada System of Higher Education, and pro-Palestinian groups in federal court, alleging that he had suffered from antisemitism on campus and hat officials had failed to protect him.

The DOJ’s announcement arrived days after Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon and Sigal Chattah, the acting U.S. att

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