"Patel ruled in January that the government had no grounds to deport Rümeysa Öztürk, an international Ph.D. student from Turkey studying at Tufts University, who was picked up by plainclothes immigration officers on the streets around Tufts last year."
"Froes determined that the Department of Homeland Security had not proved its case that Mahdawi—who had been freed from federal custody last April—could be legally deported from the U.S."
"Both Patel and Froes were appointed during the Biden administration. According to a New York Times analysis, both granted asylum more frequently than other judges: Patel in 41.5 percent of cases and Froes in 33 percent of cases."
"Froes told the Times she was not surprised by her dismissal. 'I fully expected it,' she said, given how many other judges the Trump administration has fired."
The Trump administration removed two immigration judges, Roopal Patel and Nina Froes, who had dismissed deportation cases for pro-Palestinian students Öztürk and Mahdawi. Patel ruled against deporting Öztürk, a Tufts University Ph.D. student, while Froes blocked the deportation of Mahdawi, a Columbia University student. Both judges were appointed during the Biden administration and had higher asylum grant rates than their peers. Their dismissals followed widespread outrage over the arrests of vocal international students amid pro-Palestinian protests.
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