The Cornell University La Bruiser, whose student visa has been revoked over her involvement in the anti-Israel campus protest, fled the United States to avoid being plagued by immigration agents.
Momodou Taal, a dual citizen of the UK and Gambia, claimed he left the country “with his freedom and holding my head high” after a federal judge refused to stop the possibility of detention when he tried to fight deportation under the Trump administration.
“I lost my faith and I was able to walk the streets without being accused,” said the 31-year-old. Long X post Late Monday. “After considering these options, I made the decision to leave on my own terms.”
The Trump administration says it revoked Taal's student visa last year to involve in “destructive protests” at Ivy League Schools in Ithaca, New York, and to ignore university policies and create a hostile environment for Jews.
Taal, a 31-year-old doctoral student at Africana Studies, was suspended last fall after participating in a devastating anti-Israel protest on campus.
He continued his studies remotely this semester, but last month he was ordered to submit himself to an immigration officer via a dismissed visa.
Tar tried to stop his deportation in a lawsuit claiming that his actions had fallen under free speech.
“I have decided to sue the Trump administration in the hopes of giving myself and other equally situational people a reprieve,” Tar said in the X-Post.
“But Trump didn't want me to spend the day in court, send an ice agent to my house and revoke my visa.”
“We offered it, but the initial claim was denied. While the lawsuit was underway, I was supposed to file a second briefing with hopes that I could leave the custody,” he continued.
“This is of course not the result of what I wanted to get into, but we are facing a government that doesn't respect the rules of justice or law.”
The lawsuit suddenly withdrew on Monday amid news that he had left the country.
It was not immediately clear when Taal left the US or where he was posting.
Taal's sudden departure comes midway through the recent deportation of foreign students after President Trump vows to crack down on anti-Israel University protesters.
Among them is Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University protester who was arrested in early March and was caught in legal nausea in his detention.
Trump accused Halil of supporting Hamas, but student protesters denied such a link.
Meanwhile, Badal Khan Sri, an Indian studying at Georgetown University, was detained in early March for allegations he was in support of the terrorist group. For now, federal judges have banned pickpockets from being deported.
The judge also recently determined that Korean-American Columbia University student Yoon Zeo Chung could not be detained after his legal permanent resident status was revoked.
