Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts Ph.D. student, was recently ordered by a federal appeals court to be transferred to a Vermont detention center after being held by ICE in Louisiana. The court ruled Vermont as the proper venue for her habeas petition since she was physically present there at the time. Ãztürk, who is a Turkish national on a student visa, is challenging her detention while advocating for her rights, with support from the ACLU and her attorney, Mahsa Khanbabai.
"No one should be arrested and locked up for their political views. Every day that Rümeysa Öztürk remains in detention is a day too long," said Esha Bhandari, deputy director of the ACLU's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project.
"The District of Vermont is likely the proper venue to adjudicate Öztürk's habeas petition because, at the time she filed, she was physically in Vermont and her immediate custodian was unknown," the court ruled.
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