Judge rules feds 'obligated' to move detained Tufts student to Vermont

As DOJ moves to restore visas, lawmakers fight for detained Tufts student

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Detained Palestinian student ordered to remain in Vermont

A federal judge has ordered that detained student activist Mohsen Mahdawi remain in Vermont, following an attempt to move him to Louisiana.

Judge denies government appeal to stop transfer of detained Tufts student back to New England

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A federal judge has denied the government’s appeal to stop the transfer of a Tufts university student back to Vermont. Rümeysa Öztürk is currently being held in immigration custody in Louisiana after being detained by ICE in Massachusetts in March. Last week, the same judge ordered her to be returned to Vermont. But in Thursday’s ruling, the judge wrote the government’s motion to stay had repeated the same arguments he …

Rümeysa Öztürk must be returned to Vermont, judge rules - The Boston Globe

Öztürk’s fight against deportation will continue in Vermont, and the judge wrote that he intends to resolve the case “expeditiously.”

Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk must be moved to Vermont, judge rules

A judge on Thursday denied the government’s request to pause the transfer of Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk, who is fighting deportation after she co-wrote an essay about Israel and the war in Gaza, back to Vermont.

Judge rules feds 'obligated' to move detained Tufts student to Vermont

A federal judge ruled Thursday that a detained Tufts student must be returned to Vermont, according to a court order.