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Federal judge orders Tufts University graduate student detained by ICE returned to Vermont
A federal judge ruled on Friday that detained Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk must be moved from Louisiana to Vermont no later than May 1, to have her case heard in the District of Vermont.
Tufts Graduate Student Detained by Federal Immigration Authorities
The government hasn’t filed any charges against Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish Ph.D candidate who was in the U.S. on a student visa, according to her lawyer.
Tufts University student taken into immigration custody by federal agents in Massachusetts
A Tufts University international graduate student was taken into custody by federal authorities Tuesday, according to the school.
Judge denies bond to Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts PhD student detained by ICE in Somerville
During the hearing in Louisiana, government lawyers contended that Öztürk was both “a flight risk and a danger to the community.”
Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont
A federal judge has ordered that a Tufts University student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities in March be brought to Vermont.
Federal judge orders detained Türkiye student be returned to Vermont to await trial
A federal judge on Friday ordered Turkish national Rumeysa Ozturk to be returned to Vermont, where she will remain in custody, pending a bail hearing. Ozturk, a PhD student at Tufts University, was
Judge orders detained Tufts PhD student be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont ahead of bail hearing. See a recap.
The move comes in response to a petition by Öztürk’s lawyers Wednesday night asking the judge order her to be sent from Louisiana to Vermont by Friday.
Tufts University student detained in Louisiana must be moved to Vermont for hearing: judge
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.
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Tufts student from Turkey taken into federal custody; video shows her detention
An international graduate student at Tufts University was taken into federal custody Tuesday night outside an off-campus ...
Video shows Tufts graduate student grabbed off the street by federal immigration officials
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national with a valid student visa, was arrested Tuesday on her way to meet up with friends to ...
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Tufts PhD student taken into federal custody, lawyer and university say
A Tufts University doctoral student has been detained by federal authorities, according to an email sent Tuesday by the school's president. An attorney for the student identified her as ...
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Tufts Graduate Student Taken Into ICE Custody
Federal immigration authorities ... was transferred to Louisiana.) Tufts president Sunil Kumar wrote in a message to students and staff Tuesday night that the university received reports that a ...
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Tufts international graduate student taken into ICE custody
The university said on Tuesday that a graduate student had been detained by immigration enforcement agents. A Tufts University international graduate student is in federal custody in ...
Judge weighs Tufts student's bid for release during challenge to detention
Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts University, was detained on March 25 after her visa was revoked.