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A Cornell University student facing deportation after his visa was revoked over campus activism said he decided to leave the United States.
A Cornell University student facing deportation after his visa was revoked because of his campus activism said he decided to leave the United States.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.”
Its amazing they didn't swoop in and arrest them at they were trying to board the plane.
Per the article, he's been taking classes remotely since the fall? Was trying to figure out if he'd arrived safely, but I'm not clear if he's giving up on being able to return safely, or stay here safely.
Probably for the best, unfortunately...
imagine someone comes over to your place and starts protesting and saying how bad you are :DDDD kicking them out seems like a sensible thing to do, no? Go back to Gambia/UK and protest there right? anyone? Come on, people now, people now, people now, come on, people now
Imagine if you criticize Biden then you get abuducted on the street and throw into a prison for months, then a foreign prison for god knows how long, and finally your ancestral land (unless you are a native American).
I know that is not a country I want to contribute to, but it seems like you enjoy that.
Ironic
Hearing new voices with perspectives shaped by new places and ideas strengthens us. That is the underlying principle of freedom of speech and freedom of the press in liberal democracies.
You argue for weakness: weakness of mind, weakness of spirit, and weakness of morals.
computer says no
Ah, proper American values on display. Total obedience to the power, never raising a voice about anything, always staying in line, never having opinion different from what the Glorious Leader says.
And I'm actually not joking, based on the actions, it is as closest you can have to the proper American values.You're a cunt
Don't call them that. Cunts can be useful.
imagine someone comes over to your place and starts protesting and saying how bad you are
What, you want them to lie to you to your face?
Are you having a stroke?
You are probably just trolling, but your point is not entirely wrong. If you have been advertising your house as the land of the free, and specifically compare your house to other houses that aren't free, it changes the picture a bit. Then add on that you let anyone from your neighborhood trash talk your house, but anyone from outside the neighborhood that you invite in you don't. That would be pretty unreasonable.
But let's get it a bit closer to what is happening. You actually post rules at the door of the house. They say not only are you allowed to trash talk the house, but there is an appointed 3rd party who's job it is to decide if you broke the rules before any punitive action is taken. But then once inside you ignore your own rules and the appointed 3rd party's rulling.
And one more step to get closer to the real case. The person wasn't even trash talking your house. They were actually trash talking a different house on the other side of the neighborhood. One they actually lived closer to than you. And one that nearly the whole neighborhood says is in the wrong.
Now you are closer to what is happening.
And I know a serious answer probably wasn't needed here, but on the off chance, I wanted to support serious discussion on opposing opinions.
The Gambia already recognizes Palestine as a state.
Man we are breaking bad so hard it’s giving me whiplash
Honestly, that's the smart thing to do. Staying risks being sent to the El Salvador megaprison.
Which, it should be noted, incidentally is exactly why they're sending random people to said prison without due process in the first place.
UK here. Proud of our UK, Gambian citizen that he understands what's at stake for him personally. There's no point in being abducted and disappeared without trace, get the hell out of there if you're at risk as many of the persecuted did when Hitler was doing the same in Germany.
The brain drain’s already begun. The “soul drain” is probably (and should be) next. Staying is investing in the country. You will pay with your taxes and more and more freedoms in exchange for the chance to die working.
I'll be out in a month, I'm both excited but beyond stressed
I'm jealous, but best of luck! If you don't mind sharing, where are you headed? We daydream of moving to a Nordic country, but pretty much anywhere would do.
I bet. I truly hope you make it out. And I know it might be painful, but plz don't exercise any rights formally enjoyed by US citizens and legal residents beforeyou leave. ICE is the most reprehensible group of losers this country has ever put together. Each member is too stupid to be a real cop, and we all know how stupid US cops are, so that's saying something. I'd also bet that they tried to be prison guards (because of endless victims), but they were too incompetent for that. So we're left with a group of deplorables where the more racist, misogynistic, and bigoted you are, the better!
I've been going out on Saturdays to protest Tesla and will be joining other groups soon. Plz let me and othwrs like me represent you in the huge "fuck you US" that I know you want to personally deliver.
All the best to you and yours.
We're going to see an exodus of foreign born students and it's going to hit college towns hard.
Making US universities "Whites Only" again is a feature of this policy, not a bug.
Except its not abt white people only, because any other foreign Student ist going to avoid American Universities now. So, it will be for the American, whites only students, restricting international Exchange of ideas and understanding. Not too Long until they are going to target the education to cater to this exclusive group, removing all diverse topics and critical Thinking teaching subjects. Because a populace brought Into their political Line zu s easier to manage and keep under Control.
Foreign students often pay more tuition if I’m not mistaken
and university actively seek them out too, without they suffer financially. in the west state uni are suffering from under-enrollment so much they have to cut back classes and staff as it is, due to the lack of career development job search during covid. this will just add on to that.
MUCH more.
And American ones who see the danger and have the means to go abroad.
Not nealrly as much as electing Musk did. (Since this is just one symptom of it)
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
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
I totally understand him, the Americans, Russians, Chinese, North Koreans in the end are on their own to fight against their authoritarian governments.
it’s beyond demoralizing and unsettling to stay in a country that perceives you as a ‘national threat’