Cornell Student Activist Fighting Deportation has left us

(Bloomberg) – A degree student activist in Cornell University targeted by the Trump Administration for deportation says he voluntarily left the country after losing an attempt to block his removal. Momodou Language said in a post about X that he “lost the belief that a favorable judgment of the courts would guarantee my personal safety and the ability to express my beliefs.” Language, which was prominent in the pro-Palestinian protest movement, was suspended twice by Cornell for disruptive protests. Language is one of several pro-Palestinian students threatened with deportation actions related to their actions during protests. His departure comes amid a legal battle over the detention of Columbia University -graded student Mahmoud Khalil, whose case has become a symbol of the administration’s suppression of campus marches. After the attack of Hamas on Israel when more than 1,200 were killed, causing the retribution of the Jewish state, language on X “glory to the resistance!” Posted on X “Glory to the Resistance!” A Judge in Albany, New York, refused to block the deportation of language last week as his lawsuit continued. Language dropped the matter on Tuesday. “I lost the belief that I could walk in the streets without being kidnapped,” Language, a double citizen of the United Kingdom and Gambia, said in the post. “When I weighed these options, I made the decision to leave on my own conditions.” In addition to the target of activist students for deportation, the Trump administration has put some of the top universities of the country under pressure to make drastic changes after months of student protests that followed on October 2023 by Hamas and Israel’s response. The administration said on Monday that it was assessing federal funding for Harvard University, including more than $ 8 billion in grants and more than $ 255 million in contracts, as part of its efforts to combat anti -Semitism on campuses. The announcement comes a few weeks after it canceled $ 400 million to federal grants and contracts in Columbia, which subsequently agreed to a list of claims to restore federal funding, including a ban on masks, extensive campus policing forces and an overview of the Middle East, South Africa. Language’s case is one of several submitted by university students and faculties that have been targeted for deportation for their participation in campus marches, including a researcher at Georgetown University, Badar Khan Suri, and a Columbia student, Yunseo Chung. Unlike language, the judges in both of these cases prevented the administration from removing it as their business continued. More stories like these are available on Bloomberg.com © 2025 Bloomberg MP Capture all the business news, news reports and latest news updates on Live Mint. Download the Mint News app to get daily market updates. Business NewsNEWSUs Newscornell Student Activist Fighting Deportation has left us less