Tufts University Student Detained By Ice Granted Bail By Federal Judge

A federal judge successful Vermont has granted a petition for bail from a Tufts University student who was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Federal Judge William K. Sessions III, appointed by erstwhile President Barack Obama, granted Rümeysa Öztürk's petition for bail connected Friday, saying that her apprehension raises important owed process and First Amendment concerns. Ozturk isn't a U.S. national and is successful nan state connected a student visa.

Sessions ordered her to beryllium released instantly and wished she is not a threat to nan organization aliases a formation risk. He said he wants to beryllium updated erstwhile she is released and will enforce humble restrictions connected Öztürk if ICE requests them.

The American Civil Liberties Union, which represented Öztürk successful court, told Fox News Digital successful a connection they are pleased pinch nan ruling.

COURT ORDERS TUFTS UNIVERSITY STUDENT BE QUICKLY MOVED TO ICE CUSTODY IN VERMONT, DENIES GOVERNMENT APPEAL

Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student astatine Tufts University, is detained by Department of Homeland Security agents connected a thoroughfare successful Sommerville, Mass., connected Tuesday, March 25. (AP)

"Rümeysa tin now return to her beloved Tufts community, resume her studies, and statesman school again. We could not beryllium much delighted," said Noor Zafar, elder unit lawyer pinch ACLU. "Today’s ruling underscores a captious First Amendment principle: No 1 should beryllium imprisoned by nan authorities for expressing their beliefs."

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Rumeysa Ozturk connected an apple-picking travel successful 2021. (AP)

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told Fox News connected Wednesday that Ozturk was "granted nan privilege to beryllium successful this state connected a visa" and that "DHS and ICE investigations recovered Ozturk engaged successful activities successful support of Hamas, a overseas violent statement that relishes nan sidesplitting of Americans."  (AP)

Öztürk was detained by ICE agents connected March 26. Federal officials antecedently accused Öztürk of supporting Hamas.

Öztürk co-authored an article successful nan Tufts student newspaper calling connected nan institution to divest from Israel and criticized its consequence to nan Israel-Hamas war.

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