Josh Russell
New York City courts reporter, chiefly SDNY, @courthousenews.bsky.social
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- BURLINGTON (CN) — A Vermont federal judge on Friday ordered Turkish Tufts University doctoral candidate Rumeysa Ozturk to be immediately released on bail from ICE custody after six weeks of detention following her arrest by six masked plainclothes federal agents near her home in Massachusetts.
- Reposted by Josh Russell(She is apparently eligible for a bail hearing in Vermont, which practically speaking is wonderful. But the fact remains that this is an entirely unlawful detention meant to chill speech.)
- 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals orders ICE to transfer detained Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk back to Vermont from the Louisiana jail where she is being held.