Columbia and Cornell Students Face Deportation amid Pro-Palestinian Activism

Yunseo Chung, a legal permanent resident at Columbia University, secured a temporary restraining order against deportation amid a crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism, while her Cornell counterpart Momodou Taal is currently challenging his revoked student visa in court. The Trump administration's intensified actions, under a directive to combat antisemitism on campuses, have seen both students targeted alongside several others across the nation, including recent arrests of students from Tufts and Brown, raising alarms about civil liberties violations and freedom of speech. As protests escalate following violence in Gaza, concerns mount regarding the implications for dissenting voices in academia.