South Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar on Thursday voted in support of a Republican-backed bill that defunds colleges and universities that boycott Israeli companies. The U.S. House passed the Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act (HR 4795) by a 237-169 vote. The proposal would cut off certain federal student aid and funds from universities that engage […]
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South Texas Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar votes to defund colleges that boycott Israel
Cuellar diverged from fellow Democrat Joaquin Castro of San Antonio, who voted against the bill, saying, ‘It is an ethnic cleansing. America sees this. The world sees this.’