Overview

• U.S. District Judge William Sessions has ordered Rümeysa Öztürk to be transferred from a Louisiana ICE facility to Vermont by May 1 for a hearing on her habeas petition.
• Öztürk, a doctoral student at Tufts University, was arrested on March 25 after her visa was revoked, citing her co-authorship of a pro-Palestinian op-ed.
• Her legal team argues her detention violates First Amendment free speech rights and Fifth Amendment due process protections.
• The immigration judge denied bond, labeling her a flight risk and danger to the community, despite the government's case relying solely on a one-paragraph memo.
• Senator Elizabeth Warren has demanded federal documentation explaining the rationale behind Öztürk's visa revocation and detention.