US EditionJudge orders release of Tufts University doctoral student from ICE custody
- Federal Judge William Sessions released Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old Tufts University doctoral student, on bail on May 9, 2025, in Vermont after six and a half weeks detained in Louisiana.
- Ozturk was arrested on March 25, 2025, in Massachusetts after her student visa was revoked following a government assessment linking her co-authored op-ed criticizing Tufts’ Gaza war response to national security concerns.
- During detention, Ozturk suffered twelve escalating asthma attacks amid cramped conditions and reported a forced removal of her hijab during treatment, while her lawyers argued no evidence justified prolonged detention.
- Judge Sessions ruled Ozturk is not a danger or flight risk, released her without travel restrictions, and emphasized serious First Amendment and health concerns raised by her detention.
- Her release allows Ozturk to continue her doctoral studies while removal proceedings proceed in Louisiana, with her legal team asserting the case highlights free speech infringements related to political campus expression.
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Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk is released after spending six weeks at a Louisiana detention center
By Gloria Pazmino, Rebekah Riess, Dalia Faheid, CNN Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk was released from a Louisiana detention center Friday, six weeks after masked federal agents took her into custody amid the Trump administration’s effort to deport noncitizens who have protested against the war in Gaza. Hours after US District Judge William K. Sessions III ordered her immediate release, a smiling Öztürk was surrounded by a group …
Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk is released after spending six weeks at a Louisiana detention center
By Gloria Pazmino, Rebekah Riess, Dalia Faheid, CNN Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk was released from a Louisiana detention center Friday, six weeks after masked federal agents took her into custody amid the Trump administration’s effort to deport noncitizens who have protested against the war in Gaza. Hours after US District Judge William K. Sessions III ordered her immediate release, a smiling Öztürk was surrounded by a group …
‘She is free,’ Turkish college student released from US immigration detention center
A Tufts University student from Turkey was released from a Louisiana immigration detention center Friday, more than six weeks after she was arrested walking on the street of a Boston suburb.
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