Documents appear to show how Trump admin identifies Venezuelan gang members: ACLU
President Donald Trump's administration has deported hundreds of alleged members of the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, to be imprisoned in El Salvador.abcnews.go.com
Let’s take a closer look at Momodou Taal.
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Except the people who built this country and the ones who continue to build its greatness from across the globe. Unless you're not white. IMO
You're missing some important points out though, per article that you have posted:Let’s take a closer look at Momodou Taal.
Keep in mind the article I’m linking is dated September 28, 2024, before the current administration.
A third-year PhD candidate in Africana studies who also teaches a first-year writing seminar called "What is Blackness? Race and Processes of Racialization," Taal is at Cornell in Ithaca, New York, under the F-1 student visa program.
He was among four Cornell students suspended in the spring for participating in a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. The university informed Taal of a second "temporary suspension" on Monday in connection with a protest on September 18.
University officials have told Taal that the latest suspension would lead to his F-1 visa being terminated, which he says means he is "effectively" facing deportation.
Cornell student could be forced to leave US after pro-Palestinian activism
"They want to make an example, a loud example, so it will scare other students not to be involved in pro-Palestinian organizing," Momodou Taal told Newsweek.
Being in the country illegally is a crime. Committing further crimes against our laws and citizens, US taxpayers should not have to pay for incarceration of illegal immigrants. Those funds are better used to help our citizens.
Thank you @LaborDayRN ….. and maybe already clear up thread…… and for any that might have missed it me included bears repeating….. that inscription is from IIUC The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island, NY. Not far from Ellis Island where many ancestors have immigrated. I believe it was ascribed to and was penned by Emma Lazarus November 2, 1883.
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Very happy to see colleges are taking student safety and security seriously.Let’s take a closer look at Momodou Taal.
Keep in mind the article I’m linking is dated September 28, 2024, before the current administration.
A third-year PhD candidate in Africana studies who also teaches a first-year writing seminar called "What is Blackness? Race and Processes of Racialization," Taal is at Cornell in Ithaca, New York, under the F-1 student visa program.
He was among four Cornell students suspended in the spring for participating in a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. The university informed Taal of a second "temporary suspension" on Monday in connection with a protest on September 18.
University officials have told Taal that the latest suspension would lead to his F-1 visa being terminated, which he says means he is "effectively" facing deportation.
Cornell student could be forced to leave US after pro-Palestinian activism
"They want to make an example, a loud example, so it will scare other students not to be involved in pro-Palestinian organizing," Momodou Taal told Newsweek.
Being present in the US without documentation is a civil offense, not a criminal one.
Not always. If they had been previously deported and then reentered or entered without proper inspection or authorization at a port of entry, it can be a criminal offence. But overstaying a visa is a civil offence, not criminal, the penalty is typically deportation or removal, not criminal punishment. Being undocumented is not a reason to suspend due process and the right to legal counsel. This is not my opinion, this is fact.
He’s being deported because he lost his F-1 status. I don’t know how many others were on F-1 Visas but the article said most of the students were American citizens.
Yes and some use stolen SS numbers, per your article.
He lost it because the university terminated it by saying he wasn't meeting the requirements of the F1 by being a full time academic student, because they suspended him. They then didn't follow due process and didn't bother looking at evidence of the allegations for/against him or offer him the opportunity to defend himself.
To me, it seems like the Trump administration is just trying to fast track a lot of the student protestors removals because they know what they are doing is illegal, so they do it quickly to avoid it getting tied up in court because they know they aren’t following due process. They don’t alert a lot of these visa holders that their visa has been revoked, detain them, then ship them off to a deportation center and it’s all “oops, sorry, too late!” Like in the case of the MD man who was thought to be a Venezuelan gang member and the Tufts University student who ended up in LA despite the court saying she should not leave the state.
