Cornell student protester facing deportation leaves the US on his 'own terms' after losing faith
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A Cornell University student facing deportation after his visa was revoked over campus activism said he decided to leave the United States.

A Cornell University student facing deportation after his visa was revoked because of his campus activism said he decided to leave the United States.

Momodou Taal, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Gambia, had asked a federal court to halt his detention. But he posted on X late Monday that he didn’t believe a legal ruling in his favor would guarantee his safety or ability to speak out.

“I have lost faith I could walk the streets without being abducted,” Momodou Taal wrote from an unknown location. “Weighing up these options, I took the decision to leave on my own terms.”

  • tyfpgg@lemm.eeEnglish
    61·
    1 day ago

    Shameful. I have kids that I wouldn’t feel safe sending to these institutions even though they are American citizens.

    Did Cornell work with Trump on this?

    Unis confirmed/likely working with ICE:

    • Columbia University - (I heard is run by a banker, instead of an academic and is chasing easy $$): betrayed their students (more than one)
    • New College of Florida - fired a Professor over skin color/race (wouldn’t ever consider Florida anyway). Per commenter below, it was the proving ground with Chris Rufo
    • Yale - 3 Professors fled Yale Interview with one of them

    Unis that claimed didn’t work with ICE:

    Maybe different reason?

    • Indiana University - Admin has been taken over by MAGA, they disappeared a cybersecurity professor
    • UIUC - Had multiple students charged with mob action before the election. Possible theory: maybe political pressure by alumni, Isreal, or democratic party (see below comment for more)

    Wonder what other institutions of higher thinking/learning will be next to capitulate…

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      12 hours ago

      i doubt they are going to touch yale/harvard/standford any time , because those are usually the pipeline for students to >politicians via prestigious MD and Law schools, or business programs. even the MDs from these colleges tend to be elistist asf with respect to employment.

      • tyfpgg@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        1 day ago

        Wow. Added. Not sure which category, so I put it under “maybe different reason” one.

        • GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          1 day ago

          The district attourney, Julia Reitz (D), is an adjunct law professor at UIUC along with the rabi of Chabad. There is also Hillel. There is a big jewish student population there because of chicagoland. My guess is political pressure by ulumni, Isreal, Il democratic party.

          • tyfpgg@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            1 day ago

            Ah, yeah sounds like a real possibility. Thanks for sharing. Will add it.

      • tyfpgg@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        1 day ago

        Thank you! Added. Crazy… I remember now reading about that one too. sigh

    • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
      12·
      2 days ago

      New college was basically a proving ground. They parachuted in Chris Rufo, and I’m sure they’ll set up a commission or something that he can head to do the same things to other colleges that get Federal funding.

      • tyfpgg@lemm.eeEnglish
        6·
        2 days ago

        Thanks adding to the list and I just found the article on Yale. Will add that to my list to my… unsafe/unprincipled schools for future students.

      • WetBeardHairs@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        5 hours ago

        Yeah, that one stunk of him being a literal spy. Hard to tell from the lack of information from our few remaining journalistic news sources though.