Federal Judge Orders Detained Tufts Student’s Transfer to Vermont Amid Political Controversy
BOSTON — A federal judge ruled on Thursday that a Tufts University student detained by immigration officials must be transported to Vermont from her current holding facility in Louisiana. The judicial order mandates her transfer to the jurisdiction of Vermont’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), with a compliance deadline set for no later than May 1, 2025. Thirty-year-old Rumeysa Ozturk was arrested near her home in Somerville, Massachusetts, in March and has since been held in a Louisiana detention center. The judge’s initial directive on April 18 to move Ozturk faced resistance, as the Trump … Read more