Cornell Backs Down, Will Allow Anti-Israel Student To Keep His Visa After Disruptive Protest

Foreign graduate student Momodou Taal says he will not be forced to leave the country.

Casey Martin/the Ithaca Voice
Momodou Taal, left, a graduate student from the United Kingdom, was suspended for participating in what Cornell University called a 'highly disruptive' demonstration. Casey Martin/the Ithaca Voice

A foreign graduate student at Cornell University says he is no longer facing deportation, ending a two-week fight over the status of his visa after he participated in a noisy and disruptive anti-Israel protest. 

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