ICE-Detained Pro-Palestinian Tufts Student Must Be Moved to Vermont, Judge Rules

The student published an op-ed calling for her university to cut off financial ties with Israel.

In this image taken from security camera footage, Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts University, is detained by Department of Homeland Security agents on a street in Sommerville, Mass., on March 26, 2025. AP Photo

U.S. District Judge William Sessions issued an order on April 18 ruling that Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk be moved to Vermont from Louisiana per her request.

Ozturk, 30, a Turkish national involved in pro-Palestinian activities, was detained by federal immigration authorities in Massachusetts on March 25 after her visa was revoked.