A senior official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security claimed, without evidence, that the student was a "terrorist sympathizer."

Momodou Taal, a dual Gambian and U.K. citizen working toward a PhD in Africana Studies at Cornell University, was facing suspension and the loss of his F-1 student visa because he had attended a pro-Palestine campus demonstration.

A Cornell University graduate student whose visa was revoked following his involvement in a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its actions against pro-Palestinian student protesters announced Monday that he will be leaving the U.