Some organizations applauded the move. But the raid chilled other American Jews, even some who consider themselves supporters of Israel.

Leaders who denounced campus antisemitism caution about the use of the issue as justification for President Trump's broader agenda.

Growing divisions split the American Jewish community between those defending Israel and concerned with Jewish safety, and those speaking out against Israel and in support of free speech.

The arrest of a former Columbia University graduate student who had a leading role on campus criticizing Israel’s war in Gaza has sparked sharp divisions within the US Jewish community.Mahmoud Khalil,

Trump promised ICE’s apprehension of Mahmoud Khalil is the ‘first arrest of many to come,’ referring to pro-Hamas students hostile to Israel and Jews.