A group of House Democrats are putting pressure to Columbia University’s board to “act decisively” in ending an “anti-Israel, anti-Jewish” encampment on the Ivy League’s New York City campus — or resign.

Until now, calls for Columbia officials to resign have been heard only from GOP lawmakers, including House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., who earlier this month released a statement calling for Columbia President Minouche Shafik to “immediately resign.”

In a letter to the university’s board of trustees posted by Axios on Monday, 21 House Democrats wrote of their “disappointment that, despite promises to do so, Columbia University has not yet disbanded the unauthorized and impermissible encampment of anti-Israel, anti-Jewish activists on campus.”

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