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Judge Orders Release of Tufts Student Detained by ICE Over Pro-Palestinian Op-Ed

Rümeysa Öztürk, held for six weeks in Louisiana, will be released on bail following a Vermont court ruling addressing constitutional concerns.

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University in Somerville, Massachusetts, poses in an undated photograph provided by her family and obtained by Reuters on March 29, 2025. Courtesy of the Ozturk family/Handout via REUTERS NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY/File Photo
A sign stands at the edge of the main campus of Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., April 29, 2025. REUTERS/Taylor Coester/File Photo
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Overview

  • Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, was arrested on March 25 after her student visa was revoked for co-authoring a pro-Palestinian op-ed.
  • U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III granted Öztürk's release on bail during a remote hearing, citing serious First Amendment and due process concerns.
  • Öztürk has suffered worsening asthma attacks while detained in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at an ICE facility in Louisiana.
  • The Second Circuit Court of Appeals previously ordered her case to be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont by May 14, rejecting the Trump administration's efforts to keep the case in Louisiana.
  • Öztürk's case has drawn national attention as part of a broader crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism on U.S. campuses, raising concerns about free speech and the treatment of detainees.