Detained Tufts student to appear in Vt. courtroom
- A judge has denied bond for Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University PhD student detained by ICE, according to her attorneys' statement.
- A federal judge in Vermont is considering whether to hold a hearing regarding Ozturk's detention, which she is challenging.
- Her detention followed online targeting for co-authoring an op-ed criticizing the university's response to the situation in Gaza.
- Ozturk's legal team argues her detention violates her constitutional rights, emphasizing they have not received evidence supporting DHS's claims against her.
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Immigration judge denies bond to Turkish Tufts University student detained by ICE
An immigration judge denied bail to a Turkish student at Tufts University, who has been detained by the Louisiana authorities for three weeks, which, according to her lawyers, is an apparent retaliation for an opinion piece she co-wrote in the student newspaper.
Judge orders detained Tufts PhD student be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont ahead of bail hearing - The Boston Globe
The move comes in response to a petition by Öztürk’s lawyers Wednesday night asking the judge order her to be sent from Louisiana to Vermont by Friday.
Federal judge orders Tufts student detained by ICE returned to Vermont
A federal judge ruled on Friday that detained Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk must be moved from Louisiana to Vermont no later than May 1, to have her case heard in the District of Vermont.
Federal judge orders Tufts graduate student detention case be moved to Vermont - Boston News, Weather, Sports
A federal judge has ordered that Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk be brought back to Vermont. Ozturk was detained by ICE agents in Somerville last month. Ozturk was taken to a facility in Vermont then moved to Louisiana because of space limitations. The Trump administration says Ozturk supported Hamas. Her attorney’s say her detention is because of an op-ed she wrote in a student newspaper about the war in Gaza.
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