Cornell Student Faces Deportation

Matt Dougherty, Ithaca.com, Sept. 24, 2024

"Cornell University has become the first university to suspend a student for pro-Palestinian organizing this semester, putting them at risk of deportation. The suspension was in response to a student-led protest organized by the Coalition for Mutual Liberation (CML), which shut down a career fair at the Statler Hotel attended by defense contractors Boeing and L3 Harris. The protest, according to the CML, was part of a broader effort to oppose Cornell’s complicity in military and defense industries that profit from violence in the occupied Palestinian territories. The suspended student is PhD candidate Momodou Taal, who has been a prominent advocate for Palestinian liberation during his time at Cornell. Taal is an international student from Britain who is attending Cornell on an F1 student visa. He is now facing the possible revocation of his visa as a result of his participation in the protest."