US EditionFederal judge suggests Tufts student detained by ICE should return to Vermont for hearing
- Rumeysa Öztürk, a Tufts student, was arrested by ICE agents in Somerville last month.
- The Trump administration vowed to deport non-citizen activists accused of antisemitism or illegal protest.
- Öztürk's visa was revoked March 21, and she was secretly transferred to a Louisiana detention center.
- Supporters held signs saying “Free Rümeysa” and Helen Scott quoted, "The university should provide a safe place for all students to learn."
- A federal judge is weighing a legal challenge to Öztürk's detention, potentially ordering her return to Vermont.
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Judge insists detained Tufts student be brought to Vermont, rejecting feds' appeal
A federal judge has rejected federal prosecutors’ request to pause his order that a Turkish Tufts University student being detained by immigration authorities in Louisiana return to Vermont within one week. Thursday’s order from U.S. District Judge William Sessions is the latest update in the case of Rumeysa Ozturk, whose detention by immigration officials as she walked along a street in Somerville on March 25 was caught on video. Her lawyers sa…
Judge Weighs Ordering Detained Tufts Student’s Return to Vermont
A federal judge signaled on April 14 that he may order the return of Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk to Vermont as he weighs her petition for release from the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Ozturk, 30, is a Turkish national and Tufts doctoral student who was detained by federal immigration authorities in Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 25 after her student visa was revoked. She was subsequently moved to New Ham…
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