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Detention of Rümeysa Öztürk
Part of the activist deportations in the second Trump presidency
Camera footage of Ozturk being handcuffed by six plainclothed officers
DateMarch 25, 2025
LocationSomerville, United States
CauseAlleged support for Hamas
ParticipantsDepartment of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ArrestsRümeysa Öztürk

On March 25, 2025, 30-year-old Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk was detained by six plainclothes agents of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) near her home in Somerville, Massachusetts, and driven off in an unmarked car. Reportedly, she was transported to a series of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detention centers, first in Massachusetts, then New Hampshire, then Vermont, and then Louisiana.

Öztürk is a Turkish citizen who entered the United States on an F-1 student visa. She co-authored an article in The Tufts Daily, the student newspaper, criticizing the university's response to protests against the ongoing war in Gaza; it was written by four students and endorsed by 32 others. Öztürk's fellow students believe that she was targeted for contributing to this article. After detaining her, ICE released a statement accusing her of engaging in activities in support of Hamas, without providing evidence. DHS later confirmed that her student visa was terminated.

Öztürk's arrest caused many reactions among government officials and others. Some have accused the Trump administration of targeting students for their opinions without due process, while others have said that it was a violation of civil liberties. It also provoked protests at Tufts University and elsewhere in Massachusetts. Thousands of people participated in the protests, including the mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu.

Rümeysa Öztürk

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Öztürk, 30, is a PhD student of Tufts University, she was a member of the university's Child Study and Human Development program. According to her now-deleted LinkedIn profile, she previously received a master's degree from Columbia University's Teachers College. Öztürk was a Fulbright Scholar and previously worked as a research assistant at Boston University. She is a citizen of Turkey and came to study in the United States on an F-1 student visa. According to Öztürk's lawyer, she was arrested multiple times while walking to meet friends for her Ramadan fast. Öztürk's brother, Asim, in a post on X, stated that he believes she was targeted by the Trump administration as part of a "witch hunt" against "those who support Palestine"; he added that she never took part in any "provocative or aggressive action" in support of her pro-Palestinian beliefs. Öztürk's friends and colleagues said that she was "not closely involved in pro-Palestinian protests" on campus and that the article she co-authored was her only known activism.[1][2] Some pro-Israel groups asserted, without providing evidence, that she led pro-Palestine events on campus.[3]

In March 2024, one year before her detention, Öztürk co-wrote an article in the university's newspaper The Tufts Daily, in which she called for the university to acknowledge "Palestinian genocide" and move away from companies with ties to Israel because of the conflict in Gaza; the article was written by four students and endorsed by 32 others.[4][5][6] The article wrote: "Credible accusations against Israel include accounts of deliberate starvation and indiscriminate slaughter of Palestinian civilians and plausible genocide". After the article was published, Öztürk's name, photograph and work history were published on Canary Mission, a pro-Israeli organization and website that describes itself as documenting people who "promote hatred of the USA, Israel and Jews on North American college campuses".[4][7] Friends of Öztürk believe that she was targeted because of this incident.[8]

One of Öztürk's friends described her as "sweet, kind and gentle", which, according to him, made her arrest by the ICE more "shocking". Her friend also stated that she was "soft spoken" and was never "discriminatory towards anyone"; he also said she had never heard her use swear words. Tufts University's human development department posted a tribute to her after her arrest, describing Öztürk as a "valued member of our community" whose "genuineness and care for others have been felt deeply here at Tufts". Reyyan Bilge, an assistant teaching professor in psychology at Northeastern University who has known Öztürk for decades, has claimed that she broke down in tears after discovering her arrest.[8]

According to a government report that was released by anonymous sources on March 2025 and written days before Öztürk's arrest, the United States Department of State (DOS) did not find evidence that Öztürk had engaged in antisemitism or supported terrorist organisations. The report also stated that a search of US government databases on Öztürk did not provide any information related to terrorism and due to the lack of evidence, the DOS and Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not have sufficient grounds for revoking her visa.[9][10] According to a copy of another report, the DHS had recommended for Öztürk's visa to be revoked under a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act that requires the Secretary of State to have "reasonable grounds" to believe someone's presence poses an "adverse policy consequence for the United States". A separate document showed that Öztürk's visa revocation would be "silent," meaning she would not be informed about it.[11][12]

Detention

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Several days before Öztürk's detention, the DHS revoked her student visa without notifying her.[13] On March 27, 2025, Öztürk left her home to meet her friends in Somerville for iftar, an Islamic meal during Ramadan.[14] Surveillance footage from the neighborhood showed her walking on the street wearing a hijab and white coat.[15] A man dressed in casual clothing was seen waving at her before stepping in her path to prevent her from walking away. She tried to move past him, but he stopped her again and engaged in a short conversation before grabbing her hands. Another man then walked to her and pulled out a concealed police badge on a lanyard before taking her smartphone away.[16][17] As more plainclothes people walked up to her, she screamed and asked, "What's going on?" A plainclothes man told her: "We're the police, relax." Another calmed her down, saying: "OK, it's fine."[16] They proceeded to take her backpack away and handcuff her. An unseen bystander can be heard saying: "Is this a kidnapping?" The plainclothes people can be seen responding to him: "We're the police", to which the bystander replied: "You don't look like it. Why are you hiding your faces?"[18]

Öztürk was then escorted by six plainclothes officers – three men and three women – to an unmarked black SUV before driving off.[19][20][2] For 24 hours, her location was unknown to everyone, including her lawyer. On March 26, he was informed that she was being held in an ICE detention center in Basile, Louisiana.[21][22] The facility is located 1,500 miles (2,400 km) away from her home; Öztürk was transported there despite a court order issued six hours after her detainment that prohibited her from being moved outside Massachusetts without 48 hours notice.[17] Öztürk has asthma; reportedly, while she was being transported by law enforcement to Louisiana, she suffered an asthma attack.[23][24] According to her lawyer, this incident raised concerns about asthma attacks that she may suffer in the future.[25] He added that she was not charged with any crime and only targeted for the Tufts Daily article she co-authored.[26] After her detainment, a DHS spokesperson issued a statement confirming Öztürk's detention and the termination of her visa, saying that they found evidence Öztürk engaged in activities in support of Hamas, which is designated as a terrorist group by the United States.[27] He added that supporting terrorists is grounds for visa termination, though he shared no evidence of her support for Hamas.[28][29] The Washington Post later reported that a State Department memo generated before Öztürk's arrest "raises doubts about the Trump administration's claims that she supports Hamas."[9]

The government of Turkey is actively working to release Öztürk from ICE's detention. On March 28, 2025, Turkey's Consul General in Houston visited the ICE detention facility in Louisiana where she was held. According to Oncu Keceli, a spokesperson for Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, her requests and demands there were forwarded to local authorities and her lawyer. He also said that the consul general would visit her again and that she was being provided consular and legal support by Turkish diplomatic missions in the US.[30][31]

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On March 29, a federal judge in Massachusetts, Indira Talwani, temporarily prohibited her deportation to Turkey and gave US authorities four days until April 1 to respond to an "updated complaint" filed by Öztürk's lawyers.[30]

On April 1, 2025, the federal government disclosed a number of secret documents about her detention and arrest in response to Talwani's order to provide information about the timeline of her arrest. According to documents, Öztürk was detained at approximately 5:15 PM and transported from Somerville in ICE custody. At 6:36 PM she was transported to Lebanon, New Hampshire, and then to the ICE field office in St. Albans, Vermont at 10:28 PM. In the evening, attorney Mahsa Khanbabai was hired by Öztürk and immediately filed a complaint on her behalf to the District of Massachusetts at approximately 10:01 PM. While Öztürk was in Vermont, she was issued a notice to appear in a Louisiana court on April 7. She was then transported to the Burlington airport at 4:00 PM, and departed at 5:31 AM. She arrived in Alexandria, Louisiana, at 2:35 PM, and was later transported to the South Louisiana Immigration Center in Basile. The federal government stated that the ICE had determined there were no beds left for Öztürk in any of its detention facilities in New England and decided to transfer her to Louisiana before she was arrested. It also stated that transfers out of state were routinely conducted.[32][33] Öztürk's lawyers accused the government of intentionally trying to "frustrate the ability of counsel to file habeas corpus petition on her behalf" by rapidly moving her to distant locations in multiple states.[34] A federal judge in Boston held a court hearing on April 10.[35]

On April 3, 2025, Öztürk's lawyer read a statement on her behalf outside of the federal court in Boston after a court hearing on whether a lawsuit against her detention could remain in Massachusetts even though she is detained in Louisiana. Öztürk's statement read: "Efforts to target me because of my op-ed in The Tufts Daily calling for the equal dignity and humanity of all people will not deter me from my commitment to advocate for the rights of youth and children".[36] One of Öztürk's lawyers, Adriana Lafaille, stated that the only reason she was taken to Louisiana was because the government was "trying to steer the case out of New England by whisking away the petitioner to its forum of choice".[37] On April 4, 2025, Judge Denise Casper ordered Öztürk's court case be moved from Louisiana to Vermont. According to her, Öztürk should be held in Vermont because she was previously held there while her lawyers, not knowing where she is located, filed a petition for her release in Boston. Casper also said that her order blocking Öztürk's deportation would remain in effect unless the transferee court orders otherwise.[38][39]

On April 8, 2025, Öztürk's lawyer, Ramzi Kassem, asked the judge to release her from detention so she could resume her studies. He also argued that the court was allowed to release her because she poses no risk to the public or of escape. Federal judge William K. Sessions III, presiding over Öztürk's case in Vermont, responded to it by delaying a decision on her potential to be released on bail. He said that he must first determine whether he had jurisdiction to rule on Öztürk's petition before considering her request for release. He also said that Öztürk's case was "unusual" and requested both parties to gather and submit additional evidence. He scheduled a second court hearing on April 14.[40][41]

On April 11, 2025, it became known that Öztürk recounted the experience of her arrest in a sworn declaration that she and her lawyers filed on March 25. According to her, she first thought that she was being abducted by people affiliated with Canary Mission and not law enforcement. She was talking with her mother on the phone at the time of her detention. As she was being handcuffed, she asked one of the officers to show her his badge, but was unable to read it. Once they escorted her to the unmarked car, she asked them who they were and where they would take her. The officers informed her of her arrest, without disclosing why. Later, the car transporting her stopped in a parking lot. She was taken out of the car and shackled at the feet and belly. She asked to speak with her lawyer but the officers declined. They put her into another car with a different team of officers and drove her to another parking lot outside an office building. She asked one of the officers if she was "physically safe" and he responded to her by saying: "We are not monsters" and "We do what the government tells us". She was later informed by one of the officers that she would be transported to Vermont, because there were no detention centers for women in Massachusetts.[42][43]

When she arrived in Vermont, she was put in a small cell without a bed. While she was asleep, agents came to her multiple times and asked her about wanting to apply for asylum and if she was a member of a terrorist organization. According to her, she tried to be helpful and answer all of the questions but was so tired that she didn't understand what was happening. Öztürk was then told by the agents that she would be taken to Louisiana. One agent told her: "I hope we treated you with respect".[44][45] The next day, as she was being transported via Atlanta Airport, she suffered an asthma attack and used an inhaler. She asked one of the officers for more medication to treat her asthma attacks and was told that there was no place to buy it and that she would get it once they arrive in Louisiana. Öztürk said that she later suffered multiple other asthma attacks in a Louisiana detention center, with at least one due to the "dampness in her cell".[46][44] After the first asthma attack, she was taken to a medical center, where she claimed that a nurse removed her hijab without permission. The second attack happened in her cell, in which she lived with several other women. After the third attack, Öztürk stated that she did not ask to go to the medical center despite being "in pain and very scared". The cell Öztürk was put in had an official capacity of 14 but she was one of the 24 people living in this cell.[44] Öztürk described the conditions of her cell as "very unsanitary, unsafe, and inhumane".[47] She also said that she was not allowed to go outside during the first week of her detention and that she had limited access to food and water for two weeks.[48][45]

On April 14, 2025, Öztürk's lawyers appeared in her scheduled court hearing in a federal courthouse located in Burlington, Vermont.[49][50] Together with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), they argued that she was unconstitutionally arrested, leading to her detention in Louisiana. The lawyers requested the court to immediately release her from custody or, as an alternative, return her to Vermont for further proceedings.[51][52] They also argued that Öztürk's current record was sufficient for her to be released on bail, adding that the government had many opportunities to show evidence against her release on bail, but failed. The lawyers said that there was no reason to believe the government would present new evidence to counter them, which would prove that Öztürk had the necessary requirements to be released.[53] The court hearing lasted for almost three hours.[52] Lawyers on both sides stated that they would need to consult further to provide details on the amount of time needed for the next court hearing.[54] Judge Sessions, who was presiding over the hearing, stated that he would take the federal government's and the lawyers' arguments under consideration. He said that he may take the case under his jurisdiction and schedule a habeas corpus hearing to consider Öztürk's release in May.[55]

In an April 17 bond hearing in Lousiana, an immigration judge denied her bond, ruling that she was a "flight risk" and a “danger to the community”.[56][57][58] Marty Rosenbluth, one of Öztürk's lawyers, said that this ruling was "a complete violation of due process and the rule of law".[59] On April 18, U.S. District Judge William Sessions ordered that Öztürk be returned to Vermont no later than May 1 and set a bail hearing for May 9.[60][61] Öztürk's lawyers called the ruling a "victory", they said that the federal government was trying to manipulate where the case would be heard to increase the chances of its preferred outcome.[62]

Reactions

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Tufts University President Sunil Kumar said that the school received reports about her being taken into custody by federal authorities at an off-campus apartment building. He said that the university was in touch with local and federal elected officials and expressed hope "that Rumeysa is provided the opportunity to avail herself of her due process rights." He also said that Tufts University stood with its Muslim students.[2][63] On April 1, he submitted a declaration to the court in support of Öztürk and her motion to be released and returned to Massachusetts. Kumar stated that Tufts University had no information to support the accusations that she was supporting Hamas.[64][65] Kumar's declaration marked the first time the university has publicly defended one of its students in court.[65]

Öztürk's lawyer, Mahsa Khanbabai, filed a petition together with the ACLU, requesting her immediate release. In a statement, she said: "Rümeysa Öztürk's experience is shocking, cruel, and unconstitutional. For nearly 24 hours, we could not locate her, and despite a court order to prevent the government from taking her out of Massachusetts, we finally learned the Trump administration had shipped her to Louisiana".[7][66] Öztürk's legal team argued that her arrest and detention violated the First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States and that she had received no notice about the revocation of her student visa.[67] Her legal case was reviewed by a federal court.[31]

Democratic members of the House of Representatives Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib condemned her detention, and accused the Trump administration of attacking freedoms and increasing government repression.[68] Senator Elizabeth Warren called Öztürk's detention and arrest as "the latest in an alarming pattern to stifle civil liberties".[6] She together with junior senator Ed Markey demanded HSI to “immediately provide Rümeysa with access to the health care that she needs” and to provide strong evidence to why she was detained in the first place, and, if the evidence is not strong enough, release her from custody and restore her visa.[69]

Turkey's embassy stated that it was closely monitoring her detention. In a statement, the embassy said: "Every effort is being made to provide the necessary consular services and legal assistance to protect the rights of our citizens".[70] On March 27, Turkish minister of justice Yılmaz Tunç called her detention and arrest "unacceptable". He added that she was detained "simply for supporting Palestine" and that she is being subjected to "unjust treatment".[71] The leader of the opposition Republican People's Party, Özgür Özel, condemned Öztürk's detention, as did the leader of the Democracy and Progress Party, Ali Babacan.[72][73]

On April 11, 2025, a group of 27 Jewish organizations and synagogues across the US condemned Öztürk's arrest. The organizations stated that detention and future deportation of Öztürk for her speech "violate the most basic constitutional rights", like freedom of speech. They also said that the government was "exploiting Jewish Americans' legitimate concerns about antisemitism as pretext for undermining core pillars of American democracy, the rule of law, and the fundamental rights of free speech and academic debate on which this nation was built".[45][74] The group included synagogues from West Newton, Massachusetts, San Francisco and New York, along with J-Street, a liberal pro-Israel advocacy group.[75]

Protests

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More than 2,000 students protested at the Tufts campus against her arrest. In a statement posted to X, Massachusetts attorney general Andrea Campbell called her arrest "disturbing." She also added: "Based on what we now know, it is alarming that the federal administration chose to ambush and detain her, apparently targeting a law-abiding individual because of her political views".[76][77]

On April 1, a group of 200 students organized by the Coalition for Palestinian Liberation protested outside of Ballou Hall at Tufts University, calling for the release of Öztürk. Student protesters carried signs that listed seven demands to the university, which included condemning her "abduction for pro-Palestine speech" and "expung[ing] student disciplinary records".[78]

On April 2, a group of 200 protesters, including Campbell; the mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu; and David Foley, president of Service Employees International Union Local 501, to which Öztürk belonged; gathered in downtown Boston and protested for Öztürk's release. The group chanted: "Free Rümeysa, free them all" and "Boston will never back down to bullies".[79]

On April 5, thousands of protesters gathered in Washington, D.C. and demanded her release. They also protested against United States support for Israel in the Gaza war. The protest was endorsed by over 200 pro-Palestinian organizations.[80]

On April 14, hundreds of people protested outside of a courthouse in Burlington, Vermont, during Öztürk's hearing to support her.[49] Many of them waved Palestinian flags and held signs in support for Öztürk and other detained students. The protest was organized by the Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation and led by speakers from other pro-Palestinian organizations in Vermont. James O'Malley, an organizer of the protest, stated that it was "incredibly important" to protest for what they believe and that Öztürk's arrest was "unjust", calling for her immediate release.[81]

See also

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