Rumeysa Ozturk is a 30-year-old Turkish PhD candidate at Tufts University in Boston Detained by immigration and customs law enforcement In March, the judge returned to Massachusetts in March after he ordered his release.
Ozturk is expected to speak with Senator Ed Markey and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley at Boston Logan International Airport on Saturday night.
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"This is Rumeysa's victory. It is a victory of justice. It is a victory of our democracy," Markey said on Presser. "Let's not think we are different from Rumeysa.
"You are the one who will ultimately help our country understand our position," Markey said.
Pressley was suffocated while welcoming Ozturk home.
"We will never forget you until you are completely exempted. Your visa has been restored. You are free to continue learning and serving our community," Pressley said.
A federal judge in Vermont ordered Friday hearing. Ozturk joined the hearing in her detention remotely from Louisiana. After six weeks in the detention center, she was released late that afternoon.
“Thank you so much for all your support and love,” she told reporters after her release.
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During Friday's hearing, Ozturk and her attorney argued that her due process and First Amendment rights violated her when she was detained by plainclothes ice officials in March.
U.S. District Judge William Sessions presided over the case and said the Trump administration did not provide any evidence of detention except for an op-ed article she co-written in Tufts’ student newspaper last year. The war between Israel and Hamas was centered on.
The Trump administration said this is the main reason why her student visa was revoked.
During the hearing, one of her lawyers said she was allowed to stay in the detention center to prove that “You can detain a news article for more than six weeks.”
Sessions said Ozturk had no criminal record, nor did she record her involvement or encouragement of violence.
"There is no evidence of motivation here, no consideration of experts," Sessions said in court. "There is a very important, substantive statement that European experts (i.e., people's opinions are often protected by the First Amendment) form the basis for such specific detention."
Ozturk's lawyer stressed that her asthma worsened during her detention and that if she stayed there, she would suffer a "significant health risk." She said she has experienced 12 asthma attacks since being put into the detention center, and the length and intensity of her stay have deteriorated. She suffered an asthma attack at the hearing and must be forgiven for 10 minutes.
The Trump administration must comply by May 14 Court Order Transfer Ozturk to Vermont. She will be in court in Vermont on May 22, and the judge will weigh Ozturk's challenge to her incarceration status.
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Leaders of Massachusetts Celebrating Friday's rulingincluding Democratic Governor Maura Healey.
"The court order confirms what we already know - Rumeysa Ozturk's detention is by no means about public safety," Healy said in a statement. "It's part of the Trump administration's campaign to keep those who disagree with them silent."
"She can go home and go back to the community," said Jessie Rossman of Massachusetts Legal Director ACLU.
A Tufts University spokesman said they hope she can rejoin them as soon as possible.
“(This school) is pleased that the court has approved Rumeysa’s bail requirement and we look forward to welcoming her back to campus to restore her PhD.”
Tufts President Sunil Kumar has always been Talking bluntly Oztur and its release. The university and its surrounding communities have gathered for Ozturk, and numerous protests have been held after her detention.
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Ozturk was detained on Somerville sidewalk by masked plainclothes officers on March 25. She was on her way to the Interfaith Interfaith Center in Tufts, breaking Ramadan quickly at Iftar dinner with friends.
The surveillance video of her arrest was posted online. A neighbor can be heard asking, "Is this kidnapping?" in the video.
Ozturk said in court application in early April She is worried about her life When she was detained.
"I felt very scared and worried when men surrounded me and grabbed the phone from me," Ozturk said in a statement. "But I don't think they were policemen because I've never seen a police route and then took such people away."
She said she felt "sure they would kill me" and denied her request to speak with the attorney.
Shortly after being taken away, a Massachusetts judge ordered the ICE to be kept in the state, but by then she had been transferred to Vermont and later sent to Brazil, Louisiana.