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Pete Marovich for The New York Times OXON HILL, Md. The president made the announcement during a rambling two-hour speech to activists at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, but he did not provide any details about the possible executive order. The issue of free speech on college campuses has for years been a cause célèbre among young conservative activists, who point to instances around the country in which conservative voices have been shunned by liberal students and professors. “If they want our dollars, and we give it to them by the billions, they’ve got to allow people like Hayden and many great young people, and old people, to speak,” Mr. Trump said, drawing huge applause. Mr. Williams thanked the president for supporting young conservatives such as himself. The president has raised a similar threat before, implying he would withhold federal funds from Berkeley after it canceled a speech by Milo Yiannopoulos, a conservative speaker and professional provocateur. He said the executive order would “require colleges to support free speech if they want federal research” funding. It is not clear how long the idea has been under consideration at the White House or whether the president decided to pursue an executive order because of the episode involving Mr. Williams, which Fox News and other conservative outlets covered extensively. It is also unclear how much the president can withhold federal aid to colleges without congressional action. The president accused “open border” Democrats of letting murderers, rapists and drug dealers into the country.