{"id":5732,"date":"2025-03-29T09:11:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T09:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/29\/us-judge-halts-deportation-of-turkish-student-at-tufts\/"},"modified":"2025-03-29T09:11:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T09:11:04","slug":"us-judge-halts-deportation-of-turkish-student-at-tufts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/29\/us-judge-halts-deportation-of-turkish-student-at-tufts\/","title":{"rendered":"US judge halts deportation of Turkish student at Tufts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AP25086508490737-320x200.jpg?v=1743229857\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AP25086508490737.jpg?v=1743229857\" alt=\"US judge halts deportation of Turkish student at Tufts\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AP25086508490737-960x600.jpg?v=1743229857\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>This contributed photo shows Rumeysa Ozturk on an apple-picking trip in 2021. [AP Photo]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A federal judge in Massachusetts ordered on Friday barred the deportation of a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, who voiced support for Palestinians in Israel\u2019s war in Gaza and was detained by US immigration officials this week.<\/p>\n<p>Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was taken into custody by US immigration authorities near her Massachusetts home on Tuesday, according to a video showing the arrest by masked federal agents. US officials revoked her visa.<\/p>\n<p>Jumpstart your morning with the latest legal news delivered straight to your inbox from The Daily Docket newsletter. Sign up here.<\/p>\n<p>The US Department of Homeland Security has accused Ozturk, without providing evidence, of \u201cengaging in activities in support of Hamas,\u201d a group which the US government categorizes as a \u201cforeign terrorist organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her arrest came a year after Ozturk co-authored an opinion piece, opens new tab in Tuft\u2019s student newspaper criticizing the university\u2019s response to calls by students to divest from companies with ties to Israel and to \u201cacknowledge the Palestinian genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A lawyer soon after sued to secure her release, and on Friday, the American Civil Liberties Union joined her legal defense team, filing a revised lawsuit, opens new tab saying her detention violates her rights to free speech and due process.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a Tuesday night order requiring the PhD student and Fulbright Scholar to not be moved out of Massachusetts without 48 hours\u2019 notice, she is now in Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>In Friday\u2019s order, opens new tab, US District Judge Denise Casper in Boston said that to provide time to resolve whether her court retained jurisdiction over the case, she was barring Ozturk\u2019s deportation temporarily.<\/p>\n<p>She ordered the Trump administration to respond to Ozturk\u2019s complaint by Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mahsa Khanbabai, a lawyer for Ozturk, called the decision \u201ca first step in getting Rumeysa released and back home to Boston so she can continue her studies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DHS had no immediate comment.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has pledged to deport foreign pro-Palestinian protesters and has accused them of supporting Hamas, being antisemitic and posing foreign policy hurdles.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters, including some Jewish groups, say the Trump administration conflates their criticism of Israel\u2019s assault on Gaza and their advocacy for Palestinian rights with antisemitism and support for Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>Several students and protesters have had their visas revoked by the Trump administration, which says it may have revoked over 300 visas. 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