Breaking news: Judge orders release of Tufts student detained by ICE
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts student, had been sent to a Louisiana detention center.
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May 9, 2025, 1:41 p.m. ET

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Judge Orders Release of Tufts Student Detained by ICE

The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, had published an essay about the war in Gaza. Immigration agents arrested her and sent her to a Louisiana detention center to await deportation proceedings.

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