A Cornell student who had fought his removal from the United States via a lawsuit against the Trump administration after expressing pro-Hamas sympathies has apparently self-deported.

Momodou Taal, whose visa was revoked over his involvement in anti-Israel campus protests, announced his voluntary departure in a post on X.

“Today I took the decision to leave the United States, free and with my head held high,” he wrote.

Taal explained that he fought the administration in court but, after having an initial motion denied, opted to tuck tail and take the option he'd really had all along—leave.

“Given what we have seen across the United States, I have lost faith that a favourable ruling from the courts would guarantee my personal safety and ability to express my beliefs,” Taal's statement reads.

“I have lost faith I could walk the streets without being abducted. Weighing these options, I took the decision to leave on my own terms.”

BREAKING: Cornell student who sued the Trump administration just days ago in an effort to stop his deportation after his visa was revoked appears to announce below that he has self-deported from the U.S. - adding “long live the student intifada”. https://t.co/ET7Ptp3yCw

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) March 31, 2025

Taal launched a pre-emptive lawsuit just days ago in an attempt to prevent being detained by the Trump administration under the authority granted via an executive order signed by the President on January 29th.

The order reaffirmed executive action taken in 2019 designed to combat anti-Semitism in schools and on university and college campuses.

“We know there are more students at Columbia and other universities across the country who have engaged in pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity,” President Trump wrote on Truth Social in March. “We will find, apprehend, and deport these terrorist sympathizers from our country — never to return again.”

Radical extremists on college campuses were targeted, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced his success in detaining the pro-Hamas agitators. Rubio revealed Thursday that over 300 foreign students have had their visas revoked.

“We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa,” Rubio boasted. "I hope at some point we run out because we have gotten rid of all of them, but we’re looking every day for these lunatics that are tearing things up.”

RUBIO: We do it every day. Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa

REPORTER: You're saying it could be more than 300?

RUBIO: Sure. At some point I hope we run out because we've gotten rid of all of them. pic.twitter.com/l2RprBGoNQ

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 27, 2025

READ MORE: Trump to Pro-Hamas Students Here on Visas: Get Out

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Taal raised his public profile when, following the heinous terror attacks conducted by Hamas against Israel on October 7th, he posted comments on X voicing support.

“Colonised peoples have the right to resist by any means necessary," he wrote. “Glory to the resistance!” 

Well over 1,100 people died in the attack.

In his farewell note, Taal chastised the current administration for not respecting the judiciary, despite the fact that it was the judiciary that denied his motion.

“This is of course not the outcome I had wanted going into this, but we are facing a government that has no respect for the judiciary or for the rule of the law,” he said.

"Long live the student intifada!" he captioned the note.

Now, it can live in another country.

Editor's Note: President Trump is fighting to dismantle the Department of Education and ensure America's kids get the education they deserve.

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