Another case like #MahmoudKhalil & #BadarSuri:
On March 15, #MomodouTaal, a #CornellUniversity PhD student w/ #UK & #Gambia citizenship, here on a #StudentVisa, filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn #Trump's EO aimed at foreign students accused of "antisemitism”.
This morning at 12:52AM, the #DOJ emailed asking him to come to #ICE to be detained & put into removal proceedings.
POST IMMEDIATELY & WIDELY!
12 noon-1 pm AAUP Emergency Rally
HANDS OFF MOMODOU TAAL
@ Cornell’s Administration Bldg
-Day Hall
Speakers: National Immigration Atty Eric Lee, AAUP Pres. Atty Risa Lieberwitz, Sandra Babcock of CU Law School
From Eric Lee, Momodou Taal's attorney:
Hello All:
Today, just days after Momodou Taal sued Donald Trump challenging the constitutionality of the executive orders, plain clothed agents from an unidentified law enforcement agency made what we believe to be an attempt to detain and deport Momodou. They staked out his house and set up a presence at various points on on campus. One officer flashed a badge at one of Momodou's roommates and an employee at his residence. Other agents refused to identify themselves to additional eyewitnesses, who noticed police apparati in vehicles. This was not one or two agents, it was an operation.
A half hour ago we filed for emergency relief with the federal judge assigned to our case demanding she order the government to cease its attempt to deport Momodou. This is a flagrant attack on his right to seek redress from the government through the courts. We submitted affidavits from myself and two of the witnesses establishing factually what happened today and pointed the judge's attention to Trump's violation of the order of the DC Judge in the Alien Sedition Act case and his demand that the judge be impeached. This is part of an unprecedented breakdown of separation of powers unfolding before our eyes. We will update you when we hear from the court.
The government is testing the response of the campus community. Peaceful protests tomorrow would be entirely appropriate if you think they could be organized. Otherwise the federal agents will be back and they'll continue to threaten Momodou. At this point even an order from the district court may not even stop them. Please reach out with any further questions and thank you for all of your support. You can share the information in this message.
Cornell continues to use "temporary" suspensions to dish out harsh penalties against students who demand that the university address its complicity in the genocide against the Palestinian people.
In my latest piece in @nationmag, I found an inconsistency between Cornell's official policy regarding how a process that resembles due process gets reconciled with the unilateral power of the director of Cornell's student disciplinary office. In a meeting with a student facing discipline, this individual seems to have misrepresented her power, overstating it.
“It’s basically a prosecutor’s tactic: overcharge someone so they have a massive sentence ahead of them, so that they’ll plead down to something lesser, even if they were innocent to begin with,” wrote Cornell professor David Bateman in an email.
Momodou Taal, a Black, Muslim, international student initially faced the threat of deportation for being present at the same action that these students are being suspended for. Following much public pressure locally & nationally, Cornell has decided not to de-enroll Taal, meaning that he will likely not have to leave the country. However, without evidence, he is still banned from campus and his ability to work as a graduate worker has been affected.
#Cornell administrators say that the use of temporary suspensions are being used "where immediate action is necessary to protect the Complainant or the University community.”
However, almost a month passed between the action in question and the disciplinary actions taken by the university, so the word "immediate" must have a very expansive definition for Cornell admins.
Though it took the university a month to ban these students from campus, the disciplinary actions took place two days before #CornellUniversity board of trustees met on campus. The chair of Cornell's board of trustees, Kraig Kayser, sits on the board of weapons company Moog Inc.
According to The New Republic, "Last year, Kayser took home over $200,000 in combined cash and stock awards from Moog for his role on its board."
#Ithaca #Ithacany #Divestment #Gaza #Palestine #FreedomOfExpression #PalestineException
started a #Wikipedia article on US physiologist Adelaide Spohn (1886-1968), taught #CornellUniversity in the 1920s, was a nutritionist based in Chicago in the 1930s and 1940s:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Spohn @wikiwomeninred #WomeninSTEM #UChicago @columbiau
UPDATE: 4 February 2025. Mr. Tall was interviewed on #DEmocracyNow today. The post below is from Sept 2024, to answer any questions of who Mr Taal is.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/09/25/uuhq-s25.html
DISGRACEFUL! How is this legal in the US?
Cornell academic worker and international graduate student suspended and threatened with deportation for protesting #GazaGenocide
by #KevinReed 24 September 2024
#F1studentvisa #CornellUniversity #MomodouTaal #UK
#ProtestIsNOTACrime #FreeFreePalestine
@StillIRise1963
I saw some discussion about threats against Jewish students from pro Hamas students at #CornellUniversity . P.s. Joe is not on the show this morning. Mika and Haass did most of the talking.
(6/7)
"...efficiency of #SolarPanels.
Cooling mechanisms:
-#evapotranspiration
-plants reflect less solar radiation than the bare soil
- panel higher above ground...better air circulation
"There are a lot more questions to answer about the relationship between solar energy and #crops (how to more effectively plant, grow, and #harvest those crops underneath panels is a major one). This research is only the beginning...
Max Zhang, a professor of mechanical engineering at #CornellUniversity"
I earned my #PhD in #History from #CornellUniversity (2021). My #dissertation / current #bookmanuscript in progress—“Lives Under Cover: A Comparative History of Fascist and Nazi Spies, 1927-1945”—is a transnational history of totalitarian #surveillance extending from the creation of the Fascist secret police to the end of World War II.
I’m slowly learning how to use this platform, so I am looking forward to engaging more with all of you!
Brief #introduction since I've just started posting here as part of the #Astrodon #TwitterMigration.
I'm an #astronomer at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (#NRAO). I previously worked for #USRA at #SOFIA and #AreciboObservatory, for #CornellUniversity at Arecibo, and for #CardiffUniversity. I did an MSci in #physics at #DurhamUniversity and a PhD in #astronomy at Cardiff. I'm also a #Christian and attend an #Episcopal church. My pronouns are he/him.
It's #NeverAliens.
