The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it is sending a federal task force to Boston and three other major U.S. cities “to discuss their responses to incidents of antisemitism at schools and on college campuses in their cities over the last two years.

The U.S. Department of Justice notified leaders in Los Angeles and other cities across the country about efforts to combat antisemitic behavior on college campuses. Created under President Trump’s executive order,

Leo Terrell, the Department of Justice lawyer who heads the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism, has made multiple appearances on the network and other conservative outlets to unapologetically press the Trump administration’s case for deporting Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil and for yanking federal funding from the university.

The Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism notified leaders of four major cities on Thursday that it wanted to meet to discuss their responses to incidents of antisemitism at schools and on college campuses since 2023.

Jason Lee, a senior adviser to Mayor Brandon Johnson, was not surprised at the DOJ initiative. He noted the new Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism is targeting three of the same cities whose mayors were summoned to Washington to defend their sanctuary city status before a

The task force said it plans to come to Boston and meet with local leaders to “discuss their responses to incidents of antisemitism at schools and on college campuses in their cities over the last two years.