Judge orders immediate release of Rumeysa Ozturk, Tufts student detained by ICE

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Judge orders immediate release of Rumeysa Ozturk, Tufts student detained by ICE

Ozturk is currently detained in Louisiana, but the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ordered her returned by May 14 to Vermont.Burlington, Vermont — A federal judge Friday ordered the immediate release of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish Tufts University PhD student whose video-recorded detention by masked federal agents drew national scrutiny amid a crackdown by the Trump administration.U.S. District Judge William Sessions III ruled that Ozturk had been unlawfully detained in March for little more than authoring an op-ed critical of Israel in her school newspaper.“That literally is the case. There is no evidence here … absent consideration of ..