A federal judge in Massachusetts ruled on Friday that a Tufts University Medical Graduate Student From Turkey that was held this week, it cannot be deported without a judicial order.
International student Rumeysa Ozturk, 30, was held by federal authorities near an apartment building outside the campus in Somerville, confirmed university president Sunil Kumar.
Judge of the American court Denise Casper ruled on Friday that the government answered until Tuesday to an updated complaint filed by the lawyers of Ozturk, The corresponding press reported.
“In order to allow the resolution of the court of his jurisdiction to determine the petition, Ozturk is not removed from the United States to the further order of this court,” the court wrote.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of the Interior Security told Fox News on Wednesday that Tufts University Student Rumeysa Ozturk “was given the privilege of being on a visa in this country” and that “DHS and Ice studies Ozturk have hired in activities to support Hamas, a foreign terrorist organization who is convinced of the convinced.” (AP)
Video shows the arrest of Tufts University student for alleged support from Hamas
Ozturk, a spokesperson for a Homeland Security (DHS) department, said that it was “involved in activities to support Hamas”, was moved to a Louisiana Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) Detention Center before her lawyers were able to get the order of a judge, the AP reported.
The university said that “it had no knowledge of this incident and had no information with federal authorities prior to the event”, but confirmed that her visa had been terminated.
Lawyers representing Ozturk, Fox News told them one Valid F-1 Visa status Prior to her arrest, and there were no charges against her.
Demonstrants gather during a demonstration against the detention of Rumeysa Ozturk, a graduate student of Turkish National and Tufts University. (Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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An executive order was signed by President Donald Trump In January to withdraw the student visa of Hamas supporters in the midst of an “unprecedented wave of common anti-Semitic discrimination, vandalism and violence against our citizens, especially at our schools and on our campuses,” Fox News Digital reported earlier.
Last year Ozturk wrote an OP-ED together with three other students in the Tufts who were drawn in the university’s response to the war of Israel in Gaza, the AP reported.
The OP-ED called on the school to ‘recognize the Palestinian genocide’ and to make financial decisions based on the direct or indirect ties of entities with Israel, according to the report.
Ice officials have arrested a graduate student at Tufts University. (Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe)
Ozturk is just one of a whole series of university students who have been held by ICE last week.
The University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham sent a letter to students, faculties and employees who confirm an international graduate student on Friday, was held on Thursday in a house outside the campus near the Twin Cities Campus.
Cunningham called the situation “deep concerning”, and noted that the university “had no prior knowledge of this incident and did not share any information with federal authorities before it took place.”
She added “It is important to notice” the public safety of the campus, including UMPD, “does not maintain federal immigration laws and our officers do not inform about a person’s immigration status.”
ICE is conducting flights to remove illegal immigrants from the US and back to their home country. (Ice Seattle)
Minneapolis municipal councilor Robin Wonsley, in a statement on Friday, said that she was “disturbed” about the detainment and indicated that there would be a meeting on Monday against what they called “Trump’s attacks”.
“This terrifying reality underlines the need for the city of Minneapolis, University of Minnesota, and all local authorities to clearly and unambiguously condemn the cruel and racist attacks of the Trump government and to invest resources in protecting vulnerable inhabitants,” Wonsley wrote.
Wonsley added that she asked the leadership of the Minneapolis police to establish clear disciplinary criteria for Every officer who violates the divorce regulation of the city and uses their position to enforce the immigration laws. “
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The mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul Melvin Carter recently repeated their sanctuary of city attitude not to help with removals.
The University of Minnesota and Ice St. Paul did not immediately respond to questions from Fox News.
The Associated Press has contributed to this report.
