Summary
ICE demanded that Momodou Taal, a Cornell PhD student and UK-Gambia dual citizen, surrender
after he sued the Trump administration over executive orders targeting foreign students in pro-Palestinian protests.
Taal, backed by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, seeks to block deportation.
The request came soon after his lawyers sought a restraining order. Critics call the move unprecedented and politically motivated.
Taal fears arrest and deportation, while two other plaintiffs, both US citizens, claim the crackdown violates free speech rights on campus.
Seen a lot of leopards ate my face comments for the right but definitely applies here too
Anyone in the know about the United States and the history of this great country would steer fucking clear of it
Been here my whole life and even witnessed KKK marching openly with support downtown like some dystopian pride parade and it was a scheduled
Shit done in MLK’s days still happen
People are still underpaid living on a constantly polluted planet with shitty underfunded schools with no healthcare nor unity kept in place with the help of jackboots
This young student really thought the United States was anything but a country ran by a shadow group that use the elderly as puppets
Ah to be young again
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Can you quote where he spouted racist hate speech?
He’s a protestor for Palestine. He hates Jews and is explicit about it. He wants the genocide of 7 million Jews.
What more is there to say? Do you need an exact quote? “From the river to the sea” is there.
Comment is being reported, but he did, in fact, say this. Not only that, but it’s actually stronger than what Kaboom stated:
https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2024/02/protesters-praise-mideast-militants-in-divestment-rally
“We take our cue from the armed resistance in Palestine. We are in solidarity with the armed resistance in Palestine from the river to the sea"
Now, if you argue, as I do, that this statement is genocidal when someone like Netanyahu says it (and it is):
“in the future, the state of Israel has to control the entire area from the river to the sea,” according to an English translation of the speech from Israeli news channel i24News.
According to another translation, Netanyahu said that Israel “must have security control over the entire territory west of the Jordan River” — which effectively means the same thing."
Then it’s just as genocidal coming from the opposition.
What racism?
I would argue that immigration is a right, not just a privilege. If people want to be Americans, the government should not be able to stop them.
I would argue that it’s not, and it’s one of few jobs that the government is responsible for.
You know that the first immigration law in the US was called?
The Asian Exclusion Act.
Immigration control was and always has been about maintaining white racial supremacy.
I’m pretty sure the first one in America was passed by Native Americans about the European immigrants. Tell me how that turned out.
That situation is completely irrelevant to matters of immigration today. It’s frankly highly insulting to even say such a thing. It is literally a white supremacist talking point.
