A federal appeals court in New York has ordered the Trump administration to transfer Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University doctoral student, from her detention in Louisiana to Vermont, where her Biden administration habeas petition will be heard. Arrested by immigration agents for suspected ties to Hamasâa claim she deniesâOzturk's attorneys argue her detention infringes on her free speech rights. The court's decision allows her to be closer to legal counsel as her case progresses, reflecting ongoing debates over civil liberties during immigration proceedings.
Ozturk's attorneys argue that her detention violates her free speech and due process rights and that the government lacks any evidence she supports terrorism.
The District of Vermont is likely the proper venue to adjudicate Ozturk's habeas petition because, at the time she filed, she was physically in Vermont.
We're grateful the court refused the government's attempt to keep her isolated from her community and her legal counsel as she pursues her case for release.
No one should be arrested and locked up for their political views,
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