US EditionCornell student activist chooses to leave US after judge denies bid to immediately block deportation
- Momodou Taal, a graduate student at Cornell, decided to leave the U.S. Voluntarily amid threats of deportation due to his activism.
- Taal challenged two executive orders from the Trump administration related to pro-Palestinian activism, but his visa was revoked.
- Taal expressed concern for his safety in the U.S. After losing faith in the judiciary's protection of his rights.
- He stated, "I have lost faith I could walk the streets without being abducted," explaining his decision to depart.
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Who is Momodou Taal? Cornell University facing deportation flees US, ‘Trump did not want me to have my day in court’
Momodou Taal, whose student visa was revoked because of his involvement in anti-Israel campus protests, has fled the US to dodge arrest by authorities.
Cornell Foreign Student Who Sued Trump Admin Self-Deports
A pro-Palestinian activist and foreign graduate student at Cornell University who was facing deportation has said he is voluntarily leaving the United States. “I have lost faith I could walk the streets without being abducted,” Momodou Taal said in a statement posted to social media platform X on March 31. “Weighing up these options, I took the decision to leave on my own terms.” Taal, a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Gambia, is one of t…
Anti-Israel Cornell University student fighting Trump deportation flees US before ICE can arrest him
Momodou Taal, a dual citizen of the UK and Gambia, claimed he left the country "free and with my head held high" after a federal judge declined to halt his possible detention while he tried to fight his deportation in court.
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