A federal judge recently ruled a Tufts University grad student cannot be immediately deported. Meanwhile, ICE agents made their latest student detainment near the University of Minnesota.
A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled on Friday that a Tufts University medical graduate student from Turkey who was detained this week cannot be deported without a court order.
International student Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was detained by federal authorities near an off-campus apartment building in Somerville, university President Sunil Kumar confirmed.
U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper on Friday ruled the government has until Tuesday to respond to an updated complaint filed by Ozturk’s lawyers, The Associated Press reported.
“To allow the Court’s resolution of its jurisdiction to decide the petition, Ozturk shall not be removed from the United States until further order of this court”, the judge wrote.
Ozturk, who a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson said was “engaged in activities in support of Hamas”, was moved to a Louisiana Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center before her attorneys were able to get a judge’s order, the AP reported.
The university said it had “no pre-knowledge of this incident and did not share any information with federal authorities prior to the event”, but confirmed her visa had been terminated.
