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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

‘I have lost faith’: Cornell PhD suing Trump over protest executive orders flees U.S. before deportation

A Cornell PhD student who was threatened with an immigration arrest during the middle of a constitutional lawsuit against the Trump administration announced on Monday he was fleeing the country.

“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,” Momodou Taal wrote on X. “I have lost faith I could walk the streets without being abducted.”

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