A Cornell student faces deportation after his visa was revoked because his campus activism says he decided to leave the United States voluntarily.
Momodou Taal, a citizen of Britain and the Gambia, asked the federal court to stop detention after the Trump administration forced him to surrender.
The government said Taal’s student visa was revoked due to his alleged involvement in “destructive protests”.
However, he posted X post late Monday, March 31, and he did not believe that legal rulings in his favor could guarantee his safety or the ability to speak out.
“I lost my confidence and I could walk through the streets without being kidnapped,” Taal wrote from an unknown location.
“Fighting these options, I decided to leave on my own terms.”
He claimed Donald Trump “didn’t want me to spend a day in court and send the ice shop to my home and revoke my visa.”
Taal called the Trump White House “a government that disrespects the judiciary or the rule of law.”
He then warns others that “you are not safe” to keep silent.
Taal asked: “Does the incarceration of those who oppose genocide reflect your values? Is this the kind of country you want to live in?
“History will free us” he said, adding, “Student uprising!”
The government said the government revoked TAAL’s student visa in March because of his involvement in “destructive protests” and ignoring university policies and creating a hostile environment for Jewish students.
The Trump administration has tried to evacuate non-citizens from the country to participate in campus protests, believing it was anti-Semitic and sympathetic Palestinian group Hamas Group.
The government’s goal is to advocate for Palestinian rights, students say.
Taal, a 31-year-old doctoral student who studied at the Academy of African Studies at Ivy League School in Ithaca, New York, was suspended last fall after a group of pro-Palestinian activists destroyed the campus career fair.
Taal filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration with his right to freedom of speech. The lawsuit was withdrawn Monday.
In his post, Tal did not disclose where he was writing or where he planned to live next.
