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Rümeysa Öztürk’s return to Vermont stalled by latest ruling in Tufts student’s immigration case
The Turkish national's return will be delayed until at least May 6 to allow for a government appeal, a federal judge ruled ...
Rümeysa Öztürk’s return to Vermont delayed by federal appeals court
The Tufts doctoral student detained by ICE will remain in Louisiana for at least another week, pending a hearing before a federal appeals court.
Appeals court halts Rümeysa Öztürk's return to Vermont
Öztürk's lawyers filed a petition against her arrest while she was being held in Vermont. A federal judge ordered the ...
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Öztürk’s move to Vermont on hold
Tufts grad student Rümeysa Öztürk will not be moved from immigration detention in Louisiana to Vermont for a scheduled ...
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New York appeals court holds up detained Tufts student’s return to Vermont for hearing
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals called for its own hearing next week, putting a halt, at least for now, to an order by a federal judge in Vermont to transfer Rümeysa Öztürk to a Vermont facility ...
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The First 100 Days
On March 25, ICE detained Ph.D. student and Fulbright scholar Rümeysa Öztürk for co-authoring an op-ed in her school newspaper months prior. She was on her way to an iftar dinner with friends when she ...
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No evidence linking Tufts student to antisemitism or terrorism, State Dept. office found
Days before masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk to deport her, the State Department determined that the Trump administration had not ...