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Tufts University student detained in Louisiana must be moved to Vermont for hearing: judge

April 18, 2025
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A federal judge on Friday ordered that a Turkish Tufts University student detained by immigration authorities in Louisiana to be brought to Vermont by May 1 for a hearing over what her lawyers say was apparent retaliation for an op-ed piece she co-wrote in the student newspaper.

U.S. District Judge William Sessions said he would hear Rumeysa Ozturk’s request to be released from detention.

Her lawyers had requested that she be released immediately, or at least brought back to Vermont.

People walk on College Avenue near Tufts University on March 27, 2025 in Medford, Massachusetts.
On Friday, U.S. District Judge William Sessions ordered that a Turkish Tufts University student detained by immigration authorities in Louisiana to be brought to Vermont by May 1 for a hearing. Getty Images

The 30-year-old doctoral student was taken by immigration officials as she walked along a street in the Boston suburb of Somerville on March 25.

After being taken to New Hampshire and then Vermont, she was put on a plane the next day and moved to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Basile, Louisiana.

An immigration judge denied her request for bond Wednesday.

Ozturk is among several people with ties to American universities whose visas were revoked or have been stopped from entering the U.S. after they were accused of attending demonstrations or publicly expressing support for Palestinians.

This contributed photo shows Rumeysa Ozturk on an apple-picking trip in 2021.
Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, is being brought back for a hearing for what her attorneys say is an apparent retaliation for an op-ed piece she co-wrote in the student newspaper. AP

A Louisiana immigration judge has ruled that the U.S. can deport Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil based on the federal government’s argument that he poses a national security risk.

Ozturk’s lawyers are challenging the legal authority for ICE’s detention.

They asked that she be immediately released from custody, or in the alternative, be returned to Vermont while her immigration case continues.

Rumeysa Ozturk is detained by government officers near Tufts University in Somerville, Massachusetts, March 25, 2025.
Ozturk was detained by immigration officials near Tufts University in Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 25. WCVB

A lawyer for the Justice Department said her case should be dismissed, saying the immigration court has jurisdiction.

Ozturk’s lawyers first filed a petition on her behalf in Massachusetts.

Initially, they didn’t know where she was.

Demonstrators take part in a rally in support of Tufts PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk, after Ozturk was taken into custody by federal agents, in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S. March 27, 2025
The 30-year-old doctoral student was then put on a plane the following day and moved to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Basile, Louisiana. REUTERS

They said they were unable to speak to her until more than 24 hours after she was detained.

Ozturk herself said she unsuccessfully made multiple requests to speak to a lawyer.

Ozturk was one of four students who wrote an op-ed in the campus newspaper, The Tufts Daily, last year criticizing the university’s response to student activists demanding that Tufts “acknowledge the Palestinian genocide,” disclose its investments and divest from companies with ties to Israel.

Ozturk’s lawyers say her detention violates her constitutional rights, including free speech and due process.

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said last month, without providing evidence, that investigations found that Ozturk engaged in activities in support of Hamas, a U.S.-designated terrorist group.

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