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Government ‘obligated’ to bring Rümeysa Öztürk to Vermont, judge rules
ICE has a week to bring a Tufts doctoral student to Vermont from Louisiana, a federal court judge ruled Thursday.
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Judge rejects federal government’s attempt to halt detained Tufts student’s return to Vermont
Rümeysa Öztürk, a Turkish PhD student being held by federal immigration authorities in Louisiana, was taken into custody by masked federal agents in plainclothes late last month.
Rümeysa Öztürk must be returned to Vermont, judge rules
Federal immigration officials must transport Rümeysa Öztürk back to Vermont, a federal judge ruled Thursday after the ...
Reaction to Kneecap Coachella controversy places further focus on Ireland in already disturbing times
Students are being snatched off the street and detained and visas revoked for views degrees milder than those Kneecap ...
The Durbin reverb
Durbin is the latest in a line of 65+ year-old Democrats to opt out of another Senate bid. Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, 66,; ...
Federal government appeals judge's order to move detained Tufts student Rumeysa Öztürk to Vermont
The federal government is fighting a judge’s ruling that Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk, who wrote an essay about ...
Mass. lawmakers decry ‘harrowing’ conditions at ICE facility where Tufts student is being held
The officials met with Rümeysa Öztürk, who has apparently been collecting the stories of others detained by ICE.
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Federal government appeals ruling ordering detained Tufts student’s return to Vermont
Judge William K. Sessions III, presiding in the case in federal court in Burlington, had ruled Friday that Rümeysa Öztürk be transferred from a federal immigration detention center in Louisiana to a ...
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Lawmakers visit Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk at Louisiana ICE facilities
Sen. Ed Markey and U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Jim McGovern met on Tuesday with Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University ...
Mass. lawmakers visit with Rümeysa Öztürk at Louisiana detention facility
Massachusetts lawmakers visited Louisiana on Tuesday to meet with the Tufts University student who's been detained there ...
Sen. Ed Markey and other lawmakers visit Rumeysa Ozturk at Louisiana detention facility
Sen. Ed Markey and U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Jim McGovern met with Rumeysa Ozturk at a Louisiana detention facility on ...
Democratic Lawmakers Visit Rümeysa Öztürk and Mahmoud Khalil at Louisiana ICE Jails
A delegation of Democratic lawmakers traveled to Louisiana on Tuesday, where they met with Tufts University Ph.D. student ...