The U.S. Justice Department on Monday announced the formation of a multi-agency task force to combat anti-Semitism, with the "first priority" addressing harassment on college campuses.

The U.S. Justice Department formed a multi-agency task force on Monday to fight antisemitism, with its first priority "rooting out" antisemitic harassment in schools and universities. The task force follows an executive order and fact sheet from President Donald Trump last week in which he warned "resident aliens who joined in the pro-jihadist protests" that they would be deported,

There was a 500 percent spike in antisemitic incidents on college campuses last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League.