Federal judge orders case of Tufts student in ICE custody moved to Vermont
- A federal judge ruled that the case of Rumeysa Ozturk will be moved to Vermont instead of Louisiana, as she was confined there when her petition was filed.
- Judge Denise Casper blocked the government from removing Ozturk from the U.S. While her petition is considered.
- Ozturk was arrested during Ramadan, with no charges filed against her according to her lawyer.
- Her detention is seen as part of a broader crackdown on pro-Palestinian advocates, as she co-wrote a critical op-ed for The Tufts Daily, according to her supporters.
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Cartoon: ICE's Abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk
Last week ICE abducted Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish student and Fulbright Scholar with a valid F-1 student visa. Ozturk, a Ph.D. student at Tufts University, was walking in public, in Boston, when officers in masks and plain clothes surrounded and...
Federal judge orders case of Tufts student in ICE custody moved to Vermont
A federal judge issued a Friday order transferring the case involving Rumeysa Özturk, a Tufts graduate student detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to a jurisdiction in Vermont in the “interest of justice.”
Judge denies motion to dismiss petition from detained Tufts student, transfers her challenge to Vermont - The Boston Globe
In a 26-page ruling, Judge Denise Casper denied the government’s motion to dismiss Rümeysa Öztürk's petition for release and renewed her order that she not be deported.
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