Source: NBC News
“A judge on Thursday denied the government’s request to pause the transfer of Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk, who is fighting deportation after she co-wrote an essay about Israel and the war in Gaza, back to Vermont. U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions ruled that the federal government is now obligated to ensure that Öztürk, who is being held in Louisiana, is moved to Vermont by May 1. The Justice Department appealed Sessions’[s] previous order to transfer Öztürk to Vermont, where her habeas corpus petition challenging her [abduction] was filed. Federal officials had also asked Session to pause the order from taking effect while it was on appeal. … Homeland security agents grabbed Öztürk, a doctoral student in the United States on a student visa, off a Massachusetts street in late March. DHS accused her of engaging ‘in activities in support of Hamas.'” (04/24/25)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tufts-rumeysa-ozturk-vermont-deportation-rcna202902