Attorneys for Tufts University student accuse government of ‘secretive’ effort to move her across state lines
Rümeysa Öztürk, the Turkish student detained by immigration officers in Boston last month, was moved across multiple state ...
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Rümeysa Öztürk case transferred to Vermont
ICE was driving Öztürk through Vermont at 10:01 p.m. on March 25 when attorney Mahsa Khanbabai filed an initial complaint in the U.S. District of Massachusetts seeking her client’s release. Khanbabai ...
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Öztürk’s case is transferred to Vermont
The District of Vermont transferred in Öztürk’s case at 3:24 p.m. and has assigned it to Judge William Sessions III, who was ...
Judge denies motion to dismiss petition from detained Tufts student, transfers her challenge to Vermont
In a 26-page ruling, Judge Denise Casper denied the government’s motion to dismiss Rümeysa Öztürk's petition for release and ...
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Tufts graduate student’s detention case to be transferred to Vermont
After holding Rümeysa Öztürk at ICE’s field office in St. Albans the night of March 25, court filings show, ICE officials placed her on a flight out of the Burlington airport.
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UPDATE: Judge denies government motion to move Rümeysa Öztürk case to Louisiana
U.S. District Judge Denise Casper ruled to move Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk’s case to Vermont on Friday, denying ...
Legal team of detained Tuft student celebrates move to Vermont
The legal team of the Tufts graduate student who was arrested by ICE celebrated the decision by a federal judge on Friday to continue the case in Vermont instead of Louisiana. “Today’s ruling brings ...
Tufts University pushes for release of student grabbed off the street by immigration officials
The school's declaration in federal court on behalf of Rümeysa Öztürk is some of the strongest pushback by a university ...
‘Strange and dangerous precedent’: Tufts student’s lawyer argues to keep case in Mass.
An attorney for the Justice Department denied "manipulating" jurisdictions when ICE agents swiftly moved a Tufts doctoral ...