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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,; ...
This group keeps a pro-Israel blacklist. Now it’s taking credit for deportations.
The organization, for its part, is happy to take the credit (though it did not respond to my request for comment). After Öztürk’s arrest, Canary Mission’s X account posted a celebratory tweet claiming ...
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 ...