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.
ICE-Detained Pro-Palestinian Tufts Student Must Be Moved to Vermont, Judge Rules
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
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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pro-Palestinian activities, was detained by federal immigration authorities in Massachusetts on March 25 after her visa was revoked.
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