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Legal team urges federal court to promptly bring Rümeysa Öztürk back to New England, as an immigration court yesterday denied bond to the former Fulbright scholar and current Tufts Ph.D. student, drawing increased attention to the pending district court decision regarding her release.
Attorneys for Tufts University Ph.D. student Rümeysa Öztürk, who was wrongfully detained by ICE in retaliation for an op-ed that she co-wrote, will argue for the VT district court judge to order her immediate release from an ICE detention center to be reunited with her community in Somerville, MA.
A hearing is scheduled in VT District Court for the case of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts Ph.D. student and Fulbright scholar who was wrongfully detained by ICE in retaliation for an op-ed that she co-wrote. VT district court Judge William Sessions will hear oral arguments from her attorneys on April 14.
The Trump administration’s goal here is no secret: it has openly announced its intention to brazenly weaponize Title VI as leverage to coerce schools into abandoning speech, ideas, and practices the administration does not like through an interpretation of the statute that prohibits DEI.
Vermont businesses, faith communities, and nonprofits call for strong, responsive state leadership amid “rapidly escalating constitutional crisis”
Following White House actions targeting dissent, the ACLU is issuing guidance to colleges and universities affirming their constitutional obligation to protect students’ free speech rights.