Cornell Student Chooses To Leave US After Trump Lawsuit
A Cornell University has voluntarily left the United States following the revocation of his student visa and the dismissal of his lawsuit against the Trump administration. Momodou Taal, an Ivy League student with dual citizenship in the United Kingdom and Gambia, announced on X, formerly Twitter, that he had chosen to leave the U.S. “free […]
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Tim Walz Demands Answers After University Student Detained by ICE
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after a student at the University of Minnesota was detained by federal immigration authorities. “The University of Minnesota is an international destination for education and research,” Walz wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “We have any number of students […]
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Student Loans: Education Secretary McMahon Discusses Trump Admin Moves
Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Sunday addressed many of the changes facing the ED as President Donald Trump delivers on a key campaign promise to shutter the department. Why It Matters Trump repeatedly promised during his 2024 presidential campaign that he would shut down the ED—a long-standing and much-desired goal for many Republicans. […]
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Attorney Sues Department of Education After Student Loan Payments Soar
An Austin attorney is taking the federal government to court after a sudden change in student loan repayment rules caused her monthly bill to increase by nearly 400 percent. Ashley Morgan, a 35-year-old trial attorney who has been enrolled in an income-driven repayment plan for the past eight years, filed a lawsuit this week against […]
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My Student Asked if Trump Would Deport Her. I Struggled to Answer
The first thing one of my students in my morning homeroom said to me on Wednesday, November 6th was, “Mr. Shah, are all of the immigrants going to get deported?” I honestly didn’t know what to say. This student is a 7th grader and is originally from Honduras. It was my first conversation of the […]
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