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Judge orders Tufts student Rumeysa Öztürk to be released 'immediately' from ICE custody (www.nbcnews.com)

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“Ozturk is free to return to her home in Massachusetts ... because, frankly, I don’t find that she poses any risk of flight,” the judge ruled.

A federal judge in Vermont on Friday ordered that Rumeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student detained by immigration agents in March, be released from ICE custody.

"Öztürk is free to return to her home in Massachusetts. She’s also free to travel to Massachusetts and Vermont as she sees fit, and I am not going to put a travel restriction on her, because, frankly, I don’t find that she poses any risk of flight," Judge William K. Sessions III said.

The government was ordered to immediately release her, pending further proceedings on the merits of her habeas petition, the judge said.

Öztürk appeared virtually, with her attorney Mahsa Khanbabai, from the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center.

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[–] Vaggumon@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago

Good luck with that. They have shown multiple times at this point, they don't give a flying fuck what a court says.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Given that ICE has unlawfully deported American citizens against the explicit judicial orders, they can't really be trusted to hold anyone. All detainees in custody have a legal argument that they should be released.