Once upon a time, foreign students came to America to study. Now, some arrive to start revolutions — then sue when asked to follow the rules.
Take Momodou Taal, a British-Gambian Ph.D. student at Cornell University. Taal came not to learn but to lead a movement. Armed with a full scholarship and a megaphone, he transformed the campus into his personal stage, preaching anti-Zionist dogma and praising armed “resistance.” When Cornell administrators suspended him for disruptive behavior, he didn’t apologize — he escalated, filing a lawsuit against the U.S. government after Immigration and Customs Enforcement moved to revoke his visa.
America has always welcomed dissent — but never demanded we underwrite it. Free speech is not a hall pass for chaos.
The claim? That deporting him for violating his terms is political persecution.
Let that sink in. A foreign national — funded, protected, and platformed by…