The Department of Homeland Security argued that Rümeysa Öztürk posed a flight risk. The Louisiana immigration judge agreed and determined she should continue to be held.

The Tufts University student that ICE grabbed off the street was denied bond in her immigration case Immigration authorities arrested Öztürk in Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 25. She co-wrote an opinion essay in March 2024 in the student newspaper criticizing the school’s response to demands that it “acknowledge the Palestinian genocide” and “divest from companies with direct or indirect ties to Israel.

Turkish national targeted because she co-authored a pro-Palestine op-ed, could still fight for her release in a federal court in Vermont. The post Immigration judge denies bond for Tufts PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk appeared first on Boston.