Anti-Israel Ivy League student who sued Trump dismisses case, says he has voluntarily left US

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Anti-Israel protester Momodou Taal, a Cornell University planetary postgraduate pupil who sued the Trump medication aft he was threatened with deportation, is dismissing his lawsuit and has decided to permission the U.S. voluntarily.

Lawyers for Taal filed the announcement connected Monday nighttime to disregard the lawsuit without prejudice, suggesting they reserve the close to bring it again. 

The Ivy League student, who holds dual citizenship successful the United Kingdom and Gambia, said that though helium intended to advancement the lawsuit, helium decided to permission the state instead, fearing for his safety. 

"Today I took the determination to permission the United States, escaped and with my caput held high," Taal wrote successful a station connected X connected Monday. 

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Anti-Israel protester Momodou Taal said connected Monday that helium has decided to voluntarily permission the U.S. pursuing efforts to writer the Trump administration. (X/@MomodouTaal)

"Given what we person seen crossed the United States, I person mislaid religion that a favourable ruling from the courts would warrant my idiosyncratic information and quality to explicit my beliefs," helium continued.

Despite leaving the country, Taal inactive said, "Long unrecorded the pupil intifada!"

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Momodou Taal is simply a British-Gambian foreign pupil who had his visa revoked aft engaging successful anti-Israel protests. (X/@MomodouTaal)

Taal has challenged 2 enforcement orders that the Trump medication utilized successful its crackdown connected overseas students who engaged successful anti-Israel protests crossed the nation.

One enforcement bid stated that "immediate enactment volition beryllium taken by the Department of Justice to support instrumentality and order, quell pro-Hamas vandalism and intimidation, and analyse and punish anti-Jewish racism successful leftist, anti-American colleges and universities."

Another bid listed successful Taal's suit was "Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats," which sought to fortify the vetting processes for individuals seeking introduction into the U.S.

ANTI-ISRAEL IVY LEAGUE STUDENT IN US ON VISA BEING URGED BY ICE TO SURRENDER: COURT DOCS

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Momodou Taal, a dual national of Gambia and the U.K., was an planetary postgraduate pupil astatine Cornell University. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg/Getty)

After authorities revoked Taal’s pupil visa, the British-Gambian student filed an exigency question to forestall an effort to detain oregon deport him. However, connected Thursday, U.S. District Judge Elizabeth C. Coombe denied requests to temporarily halt his removal proceedings and the enforcement of the 2 enforcement orders.

Taal said helium planned to taxable a 2nd briefing successful court "with the anticipation that I could enactment retired of detention" but "lost faith" that helium "could locomotion the streets without being abducted."

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"This is of people not the result I had wanted going into this, but we are facing a authorities that has nary respect for the judiciary oregon for the regularisation of the law," helium added.

Taal, who has been an anti-Israel pupil activistic since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, has praised the "resistance" against Israel respective times connected his X account. Despite being accepted connected a pupil visa successful 2022, Taal has besides posted astir his "hatred" for the U.S. and called for "the extremity of the US empire."

Fox News' Michael Dorgan and Jamie Joseph contributed to this report.

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