“There’s no evidence that any type of deal with the United States is going to be happening in the immediate future,” Abhishek Kambli, a Justice Department lawyer, said during a November court hearing in San Francisco. Complicating matters is the scrutiny UCLA’s predicament is receiving. As a public institution in a Democratic stronghold that has taken the lead in opposing Trump on many fronts, the school’s leaders have had to take into consideration the opinions of Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers, who believe UCLA should not give in to the president’s demands. UCLA’s troubles began when Atty. Gen. Pamela...