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More than a month after being detained in Somerville, Rumeysa Ozturk remains held by immigration authorities in Louisiana.

A federal appeals court has issued a stay on a district court’s order to transfer Rumeysa Ozturk from a Louisiana detention center.

An appeals court in New York put Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk’s transfer from a Louisiana detention center to Vermont on hold Monday.

Uncertainty continues to surround Rumeysa Ozturk after the Trump administration said it was restoring the legal status of international students

Questions remain after the Department of Justice said it would restore the legal status of international students whose visas were revoked.

A federal judge has rejected federal prosecutors’ request to pause his order that a Turkish Tufts University student being detained by immigration authorities in Louisiana return to Vermont within one week.

Three members of Congress from Massachusetts flew to Louisiana to meet with detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk. Here’s what Sen. Ed Markey and Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Jim McGovern said about the trip. 

Massachusetts lawmakers plan to speak about their recent visit with detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, who remains detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Louisiana.

Sen. Ed Markey, Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Rep. Jim McGovern, all Democrats from Massachusetts, traveled to visit Rumeysa Ozturk at an ICE detention facility Tuesday.

Massachusetts congressional leaders are calling for information in the case of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish Tufts University student detained by immigration authorities.

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts graduate student detained by ICE and sent to Louisiana, has a hearing scheduled May 1.

At a hearing over where Rumeysa Ozturk’s deportation case should be handled, the federal judge now considering the case said it’s on course for a potential constitutional crisis over which branch has rightful authority. Outside the courthouse, a large rally brought out hundreds of demonstrators calling for Ozturk’s freedom. 

A federal judge warned of a possible constitutional crisis while hearing arguments Monday in the latest hearing over a Tufts University student who was detained by immigration officials near her home last month.

Nearly three weeks after Rumeysa Ozturk was detained in Somerville by federal immigration agents, the Tufts graduate student from Turkey is detailing her experience in custody, including several asthma attacks, ahead of a crucial hearing in a Vermont court. 

A federal judge in Vermont has denied a request to release a Tufts University graduate student being held by ICE.

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A federal judge in Vermont has denied a request to order Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, saying questions of jurisdiction must first be addressed.

A judge ordered the case of a Tufts University grad student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities, sparking outrage in Massachusetts, be moved to federal court in Vermont.

Lawyers for Rumeysa Ozturk pushed for her release at a federal court hearing in Boston.

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts graduate student from Turkey, remains in ICE custody in Louisiana after being detained by masked, plainclothes ICE agents last week in Somerville.

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Lawyers for a Tufts University doctoral student from Turkey who was detained by immigration authorities argued Thursday that her case should be handled by the federal court in Massachusetts, while U.S. government attorneys said it should be dismissed and go before an immigration judge.