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Annie McGrew, an economics graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, stands for a portrait in front of the Eastern Hampshire District Court in Belchertown, Mass., Wednesday, July 17, 2024. She is facing misdemeanor charges. (Namu Sampath/The Republican via AP)

Annie McGrew, an economics graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, stands for a portrait in front of the Eastern Hampshire District Court in Belchertown, Mass., Wednesday, July 17, 2024. She is facing misdemeanor charges. (Namu Sampath/The Republican via AP)

Valencia Alvarez poses for a portrait, Friday, July 26, 2024, on a public sidewalk outside Washington University in St. Louis. Alvarez was set to graduate with her master's in public health from the Washington University in May, but the university notified Alvarez her degree would not be awarded while her disciplinary matters are pending due to her participating in a protest against the war in Gaza on campus on April 27. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Valencia Alvarez poses for a portrait, Friday, July 26, 2024, on a public sidewalk outside Washington University in St. Louis. Alvarez was set to graduate with her master's in public health from the Washington University in May, but the university notified Alvarez her degree would not be awarded while her disciplinary matters are pending due to her participating in a protest against the war in Gaza on campus on April 27. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Valencia Alvarez poses for a portrait, Friday, July 26, 2024, on a public sidewalk outside Washington University in St. Louis. Alvarez was set to graduate with her master's in public health from the Washington University in May, but the university notified Alvarez her degree would not be awarded while her disciplinary matters are pending due to her participating in a protest against the war in Gaza on campus on April 27. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

Valencia Alvarez poses for a portrait, Friday, July 26, 2024, on a public sidewalk outside Washington University in St. Louis. Alvarez was set to graduate with her master's in public health from the Washington University in May, but the university notified Alvarez her degree would not be awarded while her disciplinary matters are pending due to her participating in a protest against the war in Gaza on campus on April 27. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

FILE - Officers of the Metropolitan Police Department pepper spray demonstrators at George Washington University in Washington, May 8, 2024. More than 3,200 people were arrested on campuses this spring during a wave of pro-Palestinian tent encampments protesting the war in Gaza. (Sage Russell/GW Hatchet via AP, File)

FILE - Officers of the Metropolitan Police Department pepper spray demonstrators at George Washington University in Washington, May 8, 2024. More than 3,200 people were arrested on campuses this spring during a wave of pro-Palestinian tent encampments protesting the war in Gaza. (Sage Russell/GW Hatchet via AP, File)