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A Palestinian Freshman Arrived in the U.S. to Study at Harvard. Immigration Officials Revoked His Visa and Deported Him.https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/palestine-freshman-study-visa-harvard-immigration-revoked-deported.html
With classes scheduled to start next week, incoming Harvard freshman Ismail B. Ajjawi, like many of his fellow students, was set to arrive on campus for the first time this week. But the 17-year-old Palestinians hard-won education at perhaps the worlds preeminent university is now in doubt. American immigration officials stopped Ajjawi, a Palestinian resident of Tyre, Lebanon, at Boston Logan International Airport on Friday night, the Crimson reports, where he was held in custody for eight hours and subjected to invasive questioning by a female immigration officer, who then abruptly told him his study visa was being canceled and that he was being deported.
Upon arrival, Ajjawi faced questioning from immigration officials along with several other international students. While the other students were allowed to leave, Ajjawi alleges an immigration officer continued to question him about his religion and religious practices in Lebanon, according to the Crimson. The same officer then asked him to unlock his phone and laptop, and left to search them for roughly five hours, Ajjawi alleges. After the search, the officer questioned him about his friends social media activity.
When I asked every time to have my phone back so I could tell [someone] about the situation, the officer refused and told me to sit back in [my] position and not move at all, Ajjawi wrote in a statement. After the 5 hours ended, she called me into a room , and she started screaming at me. She said that she found people posting political points of view that oppose the US on my friend[s] list. University officials told the Crimson they still are trying to resolve the situation in time for Ajjawiwhose enrollment at Harvard was made possible by a scholarship from a nonprofit organizationto be in class when the semester starts Sept. 3.
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A Palestinian Freshman Arrived in the U.S. to Study at Harvard. Immigration Officials Revoked His Vi (Original Post)
jpak
Aug 2019
OP
As Yacov Smirnov used to say, "What a country." Wasn't as dark when he said it though.
somaticexperiencing
Aug 2019
#3
procon
(15,805 posts)1. Seems like he's just the sort of student immigrant
Trump said he wanted. Most countries would be happy to have Harvard educated professionals live there. So I'm thinking maybe Trump lied (I know, shocking ain't it!) and it's really about the color of his skin, his ethnicity and religion.
barbtries
(28,799 posts)2. they're out of control.
this is so frustrating!! jeez
somaticexperiencing
(313 posts)3. As Yacov Smirnov used to say, "What a country." Wasn't as dark when he said it though.