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Source: https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/trump-to-sign-order-recognizing-jews-as-a-protected-class
President to Sign Order Recognizing Jewish University Students as a Protected Class
(JTA) Ron Kampeas - President Trump will sign an executive order recognizing Jewish university students as a class protected from discrimination. The order leapfrogs bipartisan legislation in Congress that would do the same thing. Classifying Jews as a protected class under existing civil rights protections for other minorities would effectively recognize Jews as an ethnic minority and not exclusively a religious minority.