EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Freezes $339 Million From UCLA Over Civil Rights Violations

The Trump administration has notified the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) that it is freezing $339.2 million in federal funds from the institution following civil rights violations, a senior administration official told the Daily Caller.

The Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as well as U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) notified the institution this week that federal funds to the university have been frozen after each department identified various civil rights violations, according to a series of letters obtained by the Caller. The Department of Energy is freezing $18.2 million in funds, HHS and NIH are freezing $240 million in funds and NSF is freezing $81 million in funds, an administration official told the Caller. (RELATED: Trump Takes A Sledgehammer To The Ivy League)

“DOE understands that the University of California – Los Angeles continues to engage in race discrimination including in its admissions process, and in other areas of student life, as well as failing to promote a research environment free of antisemitism and bias,” a DOE letter says of its decision to freeze funds. 

The DOE goes on to write that the administration has identified that the university “engages in racism, in the form of illegal affirmative action,” “fails to promote a research environment free of antisemitism and bias,” and “discriminates against and endangers women by allowing men in women’s sports and private women–only spaces.”

The Department also writes that UCLA has a policy that permits males to compete in women’s sports and use women–only facilities. This practice, the letter explains “has created an unsafe environment for women that further threatens the integrity of the research environment on its campuses.” 

HHS and NIH’s letter includes similar wording and explanations for freezing funds to the university.

“The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has undertaken a review of its award portfolio,” the agency’s letter to UCLA states. “The agency has determined that suspension of certain awards is necessary because they are not in alignment with current NSF priorities and/or programmatic goals.”