Momodou Taal, a graduate student at Cornell University, is leaving the U.S. due to threats from the Trump administration following his pro-Palestine activism. Taal, who previously sued the President and Homeland Security over executive orders targeting noncitizens deemed security threats, faced harassment from immigration officials after filing the lawsuit. His visa was revoked, and he expressed a loss of faith in the legal system's protection. Homeland Security defended the actions against him, referencing his advocacy as grounds for deportation, ultimately leading to his decision to self-deport.
"I have lost faith I could walk the streets without being abducted," Taal wrote on X. He added that "we are facing a government that has no respect for the judiciary or for the rule of the law."
"Trump did not want me to have my day in court and sent ICE agents to my home," Taal wrote on X.
A few days after he sued, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents visited Taal in what Homeland Security acknowledged "was an attempt to detain him," he said in a court filing.
When you advocate for violence and terrorism, that privilege should be revoked, and you should not be in this country," the official said.
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