US EditionDetained Tufts student to appear in Vt. courtroom
- Federal Judge William Sessions in Vermont is reviewing whether he can preside over the case of Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old Turkish doctoral candidate who was taken into custody by immigration authorities and held at a detention facility in Louisiana.
- Ozturk was taken into custody on March 25 in Somerville, Massachusetts, after her student visa had been canceled four days earlier amid allegations of involvement in activities supporting Hamas that were deemed contrary to U.S. Foreign policy.
- Her lawyers argue her detention violates constitutional rights, seek her immediate release or return to Vermont for further proceedings, while the Justice Department insists the immigration court holds jurisdiction and requests dismissal.
- The State Department issued a memorandum before detention finding no evidence of antisemitic activities or public support for terrorism by Ozturk, though her lawyers say they have not received this document.
- If Judge Sessions assumes jurisdiction, a hearing could occur in May, highlighting broader scrutiny of several university-affiliated individuals whose visas were revoked amid accusations of pro-Palestinian activism.
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Federal court rules Rümeysa Öztürk must be transferred to detention in Vermont
A federal appeals court in New York Wednesday ordered the Trump administration to transfer Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University doctoral student, from Louisiana to Vermont to continue her immigration detention in that state while a judge there decides whether to release her on bail.The Trump administration has one week to comply with the transfer, a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.“The District of Vermont is likely…
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Yakima Herald-RepublicImmigration 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.
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