Cornell to pro-Palestine students targeted by ICE: Come back to the U.S. or lose funding - The Ithaca Voice

Cornell Tells Pro-Palestine Students To Return to US or Lose Funding Despite Fears of ICE Detention

Cornell University has told two graduate students, whom it previously supported while they studied abroad, to return to the United States or risk losing the funding that keeps them housed and fed. Momodou Taal and Amandla Thomas-Johnson left the US in March 2025 after facing immigration scrutiny linked to their pro-Palestine campus activism. Cornell had allowed both men to continue their doctorates abroad while remaining funded. Now, according t…

Cornell to pro-Palestine students targeted by ICE: Come back to the U.S. or lose funding - The Ithaca Voice

This article was originally published on Aug. 14, 2026. It was republished with permission from The Intercept, an award-winning nonprofit news organization dedicated to holding the powerful accountable through fearless, adversarial journalism. Sign up for The Intercept’s Newsletter. Cornell University is reneging on its pledge to help two graduate students avoid immigration detention by threatening to cut their funding if they don’t return to th…