The judge denies Trump’s request for administration to move cases against the student of the University of Tufts
A Federal judge On Friday he denied a request from the Trump administration to archive or move a case involving a doctoral student from Tufts University from Turkey who was held by the immigration authorities, instead transferring the procedure to Vermont.
Judge Denise Casper denied the government’s request to archive the case against Rumeysa Öztürk or to move it to the western district of Louisiana.
“Although the petition raises serious issues on the conduct of its arrest and detention, as assumed in each of these counts, before reaching the merits of the petition, the court must first face the dispute of the parties on its jurisdiction”, says the order of Casper.
He continued: “The Court denies the government’s motion to reject this petition or its request to transfer this question to the western district of Louisiana and, relying on the interest of justice” … transfers the question to the Vermont district, where Ozturk was confined during the night at the time when the petition was presented. “
Video shows the arrest of the student of Tufts University for alleged Hamas support
Rumeysa Öztürk was taken into custody by the immigration and application of the customs of the United States (ICE) after its visa has been revoked. (AP)
The hearing was held at the Boston Federal Court to determine whether the Habes Corpus petition on behalf of Öztürk had been presented in the correct jurisdiction.
Öztürk was taken into custody by the immigration and application of the customs of the United States (ICE) on March 26 in Somerville, in Massachusetts, after the National Security Department (DHS) revoked the visa.
Rumeysa Öztürk, a 30 -year doctoral student at Tufts University, was held by the Department of National Security Agents on a road to Sommerville, Massachusetts, Tuesday 25 March. (AP)
A spokesman for the DHS previously told Fox News Digital that he had been “granted the privilege of being in this country with a visa” and that “DHS and Ice Investigations found Ozturk engaged in supporting activities of HamasA foreign terrorist organization that appreciates the killing of Americans “.
In March 2024, Öztürk was co-author of an editorial from Tufts Daily, asking the University to give in to Israel.
The lawyer of the Massachusetts of Öztürk accused the Trump administration of “forum shopping”, saying that Ice moved the student to Louisiana, where the courts could be less favorable towards his case.
The American prosecutor’s office claimed that the federal authorities transferred Öztürk to Louisiana because there was no space available in Massachusetts to keep it up to the trial. They said she was sent for the first time to VermontBut later he moved to Louisiana.
Hundreds of people gathered on March 26 in Somerville to ask for the release of Rumeysa Öztürk, following his arrest by federal agents. (Photo ap/michael casey)
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Fox News Digital contacted the White House, Ice and the National Security Department for a comment.
