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April 21, 2025

U.S. Judge Orders Trump Admin to Return Jailed Tufts Student Rümeysa Öztürk to Vermont
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A federal judge has ordered the abducted Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa
Öztürk be transferred from a Louisiana immigration jail back to Vermont
by May 1. Öztürk, who is originally from Turkey, was arrested near her
home in Somerville, Massachusetts, on March 25 and was transferred to
three different locations, including Vermont, before being sent to
Louisiana. She was targeted for co-authoring an op-ed critical of
Tufts's response to pro-Palestinian campus protests.


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