Pro-Palestinian Foreign Student at Cornell Ordered to Surrender Himself to ICE

A pro-Palestinian activist and foreign graduate student at Cornell University who sued the Trump administration to stop the deportation of those accused of anti-Semitism has been ordered to surrender to immigration authorities. The Department of Justice on Friday forwarded a message from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) instructing the student, Momodou Taal, to report to the agency’s Syracuse, New York, office to surrender himself into custody, according to court documents. Taal, a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and Gambia, is one of three Cornell students who sued on March 15 to challenge a pair of presidential orders. Both orders were signed Jan. 29 by President Donald Trump. One mandates stricter screening and vetting procedures to prevent individuals deemed national security risks from entering the country. The other calls for, among other things, the prosecution, removal, and other legal action against both citizens and non-citizens engaged in anti-Semitic activities....