Cornell student protester facing deportation leaves the US on his ‘own terms’ after losing faith
Cornell student protester facing deportation leaves the US on his ‘own terms’ after losing faith
A Cornell University student facing deportation after his visa was revoked over campus activism said he decided to leave the United States.
A Cornell University student facing deportation after his visa was revoked because of his campus activism said he decided to leave the United States.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.”
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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:
- Minnesota State University-Mankato - Student disappeared, uni says they didn't give ICE any info, unrelated to protests, no reason given
- Tufts University - claimed didn't work with ICE, student disappeared by 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...
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.
Don't forget the Tufts student, according to them they did not cooperate
Thank you! Added. Crazy... I remember now reading about that one too. sigh
UIUC - Had multiple students charged with felony mob action before the election.
Wow. Added. Not sure which category, so I put it under "maybe different reason" one.
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.
Ah, yeah sounds like a real possibility. Thanks for sharing. Will add it.
A student got disappeared in Mankato too
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-state-university-mankato-student-detained-by-ice/
Ty! Added!
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.
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.
I think the cyber security prof might be different.
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.
ah true, that's a possibility