While she struggles with the fallout from the Trump administration’s revocation of her visa, which resulted in six weeks of imprisonment, a federal judge has permitted a Turkish student at Tufts University to resume her research and teaching.
One of the first instances of the Trump administration’s targeting of foreign-born students and activists engaged in pro-Palestinian campaigning was the detention of Rümeysa Öztürk, a PhD student researching children’s use of social media. Her university’s stance to Israel and the Gaza War was criticized in an opinion piece that she co-wrote. Immigration enforcement authorities removed her in an unmarked car after she was seen on camera in March outside her Somerville home.
Since May, Öztürk has been back on the Tufts campus after being detained in a facility for immigrants in Louisiana. However, her record in the government’s register of international students studying temporarily in the US has been terminated, which has prevented her from teaching or taking part in research as part of her studies.
Chief US District Judge Denise J. Casper indicated in her decision on Monday that Öztürk’s arguments that the termination was “arbitrary and capricious, contrary to law and in contravention of the First Amendment” are likely to be successful.
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