Hundreds of students protest outside the Palestine Solidarity Encampment on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)
Republicans in the state legislature are also "calling for budget action" to hold university administrators accountable by "withholding part of their budget if necessary," state Sen. Brian Jones said.
"And the students that are found guilty of a crime, they lose their Cal Grants," he said.
Jones said students who "have nothing to do with these protests and nothing to do with these damages" will not be at risk of losing their grants if a bill gets drafted.
Republican lawmakers James Gallagher and Brian Jones hope to push legislation to crack down on student rioters. (Etienne Laurent)
Early Thursday morning, police officers in riot gear knocked down a plywood barrier surrounding the anti-Israel encampment at UCLA, entering the area at around 1:54 a.m. after a lengthy and tense standoff with hundreds of agitators on campus.
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Officers made about 200 arrests, breaking up the camp that had produced "several days of violent clashes," according to the school's chancellor, Gene Block.
Fox News' Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.
Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
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