U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Coombe refused to prevent the deportation of Momodou Taal, a British-Gambian PhD student at Cornell Universit, whose visa was revoked after he participated in pro-Palestine protests on March 26.

A judge on Thursday declined to immediately block the U.S. government from taking steps to deport a Cornell University student whose visa was revoked over his participation in campus demonstrations.

The new TRO motion lays bare the government’s efforts to criminalize pro-Palestinian speech and carry out retaliatory arrests under the pretext of two executive orders signed by President Trump.