A Cornell student who had fought his removal from the United States via a lawsuit against the Trump administration after expressing pro-Hamas sympathies has apparently self-deported.
Momodou Taal, whose visa was revoked over his involvement in anti-Israel campus protests, announced his voluntary departure in a post on X.
“Today I took the decision to leave the United States, free and with my head held high,” he wrote.
Taal explained that he fought the administration in court but, after having an initial motion denied, opted to tuck tail and take the option he’d really had all along—leave.
“Given what we have seen across the United States, I have lost faith that a favourable ruling from the courts would guarantee my personal safety and ability to express my beliefs,” Taal’s statement reads.
“I have lost faith I could walk the streets without being…
