US EditionTufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk arrives back home after spending six weeks at a Louisiana detention center
- Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk returned to Boston on Saturday after over six weeks in a Louisiana detention center.
- Her detention followed the revocation of her student visa after she co-wrote a pro-Palestinian op-ed last year, which the government linked to support for Hamas without evidence.
- Öztürk was arrested by masked ICE agents in Massachusetts in March, transferred through Vermont, and faced hearings to challenge her detention and alleged constitutional rights violations.
- A federal judge ordered her release on bail with no travel restrictions, stating the government offered no evidence beyond the op-ed, and Öztürk said she is 'excited to get back to my studies.'
- Her case continues in court as supporters emphasize potential First and Fifth Amendment violations, and Öztürk expressed faith in the American justice system despite the difficult period.
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Iranian student in Alabama to self-deport
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — An Iranian mechanical engineering student at the University of Alabama has decided to self-deport after six weeks in a Louisiana detention center despite the government dropping a charge behind his initial arrest, his lawyer and fiancee said.
Rümeysa Öztürk Released from ICE Custody, Greeted by Lawmakers and Supporters as She Returns Home
Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University Ph.D. student who was abducted near her home by immigration agents in March, has been released from an ICE jail in Louisiana and returned to Boston. Öztürk, a Turkish national, was targeted for co-writing a student article on Tufts’s response to Gaza solidarity protests. She spoke Saturday from Boston’s Logan International Airport, flanked by her lawyers and Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey and Congressmember …
Rümeysa Öztürk Finally Returns Home After Being Detained Over 6 Weeks For Sharing Her Opinions - Above the Law
Finally, some good news! You’ve probably seen Rümeysa Öztürk’s name in recent headlines; she was arrested by plain-clothes ICE officers over a paper she co-authored and submitted to the Tufts campus newspaper that — among other things — condemned the indiscriminate slaughter of Palestinian civilians by Israel. The usual course of action when someone is deeply angered by an article is to pen a letter to the editor. In a huge break from that norm,…
Tufts student returns to Mass. after 6 weeks in detention - West Hawaii Today
Rumeysa Ozturk returned to Massachusetts on Saturday evening, eyes welling with joy and gratitude at the end of her six-week odyssey in federal custody, a case that stirred outrage over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
United States: Turkish student Rumeysa Ozturk released after six weeks of detention
Tufts University PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk has been welcomed home to Massachusetts after enduring more than six weeks of detention by U.S. immigration officials. Turkish national Ozturk was greeted by Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley at Boston Logan International Airport on Saturday. Her release came after a federal judge in Vermont ordered […] The post United States: Turkish student Rumeysa Ozturk released …
2 ICE Student Detention Cases Resolved, in Different Ways
A federal judge in Vermont has ordered the release of Tufts Ph.D. student Rümeysa Öztürk, who was detained in Louisiana since ICE arrested her in March, primarily for co-writing an essay critical of Israel for the Tufts student newspaper, The New York Times reported.
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