A Cornell University student facing deportation after his visa was revoked because of his campus activism said he decided to leave the United States.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.”
I’ll be out in a month, I’m both excited but beyond stressed
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.
I’ve been trying to lay low for the most part to avoid any setbacks. Unfortunately that does make me even more vulnerable than I already was
Jfc, I’m sorry my country is so full of morons that love to hate because it makes them feel better about themselves.
funny its surprisingly hard to become a CO over a COP which you can become one in as little as a few weeks. i knew someone who became one but the process took months and months with lots of training, interviews,etc, this is for cali though.
also cops primarly draw in mostly right wingers anyways.
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.