A Cornell University student facing deportation after his visa was revoked because of his campus activism said he decided to leave the United States.

Momodou Taal, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Gambia, had asked a federal court to halt his detention. But he posted on X late Monday that he didn’t believe a legal ruling in his favor would guarantee his safety or ability to speak out.

“I have lost faith I could walk the streets without being abducted,” Momodou Taal wrote from an unknown location. “Weighing up these options, I took the decision to leave on my own terms.”

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      I think they are much more enlightened these days. They are happy take brown & yellow if they have enough green.

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        Neoliberals were. But the backlash to even guys as hard-right as Vivek suggests tolerance for the any amount of diversity is plunging.

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      Sure, but it will seriously hurt universities by making them lose tuition and talent. By extension it’ll hurt university towns by making them lose business and labor.

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        also makes thier reputation go down, if they start “racist policies” like that.

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        it will seriously hurt universities by making them lose tuition and talent.

        You’re presuming universities exist to cultivate talent and procure tuition. But what if their primary purpose is to cultivate propaganda, gatekeep social clubs, grant bragging rights to fail kids, and provide sinecures to elite alumni and their friends.

        By extension it’ll hurt university towns by making them lose business and labor.

        New Haven, CT has one of the highest poverty rates in New England, despite being next door to Yale, home of an elite business school.

        Few alumni seem to mind.

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          that maybe for places like harvard and yale, which has desires to return to a white student body, but not all universities have this desire.

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          But what if their primary purpose is…

          🏉 FEWTBHAWWWLLL!!! 🏈

          … education might just be an accidental side effect…

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          But what if their primary purpose is to cultivate propaganda, gatekeep social clubs, grant bragging rights to fail kids, and provide sinecures to elite alumni and their friends.

          And what do you think the purpose of foreign students was? To propagandize foreigners and gatekeep their ruling class. The compradores are trained in US universities, not in schools in their home countries.

          New Haven, CT has one of the highest poverty rates in New England, despite being next door to Yale, home of an elite business school.

          Elite universities are like fortress towns all to themselves, so New Haven doesn’t get business from Yale. That’s going to be very different for the relationship between Iowa City and the University of Iowa.

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            Agreeing with an .ml person, what a day

            But yeah , not going to their home countries uni maybe a question of their countries uni being 50 years behind (i attended uni in a 3rd world country as a chem eng and we were using equipment from the 60s and 70s)

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      Except its not abt white people only, because any other foreign Student ist going to avoid American Universities now. So, it will be for the American, whites only students, restricting international Exchange of ideas and understanding. Not too Long until they are going to target the education to cater to this exclusive group, removing all diverse topics and critical Thinking teaching subjects. Because a populace brought Into their political Line zu s easier to manage and keep under Control.

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        any other foreign Student ist going to avoid American Universities now

        I think you’ll find plenty of Euro-White Nationalists - particularly Orban-stans, Le Penn fans, Reform UK types, and AfDers - welcomed in with open arms.

        Also, lots of Israelis.

        Not too Long until they are going to target the education to cater to this exclusive group, removing all diverse topics and critical Thinking teaching subjects.

        Liberty University For All