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Former Tufts student detained over pro-Palestinian op-ed self-deports as part of Trump admin deal
The settlement resolved her legal case and acknowledged she had lawful status in the United States throughout her stay, her lawyers said.
- On Friday, Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk returned to Turkey following a settlement with the U.S. government that resolved her long-standing immigration case.
- Immigration authorities detained Ozturk last year for six weeks after revoking her student visa, which her legal team claimed was retaliation for an op-ed she co-authored in The Tufts Daily advocating for Palestinian rights.
- The settlement followed the administration's firing of Immigration Judge Roopal Patel, who had previously blocked the government's deportation efforts against the scholar, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
- Under the agreement, the government acknowledged Ozturk maintained lawful status throughout her stay, and both parties jointly moved to dismiss pending immigration proceedings.
- Ozturk said she was returning home "on my own timeline," expressing pride in completing her PhD in child study and human development despite the "time stolen" from her.
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The Billings Gazette
Corvallis Gazette TimesStudent Trump targeted returns to home nation
BOSTON — A Tufts University graduate who was arrested by U.S. immigration agents last year as part of the Trump administration's targeting of pro-Palestinian campus activists returned to her home in Turkey after a settlement with the government.
Pro-Palestine Tufts Uni grad targeted by Trump returns to Turkey
A Tufts University graduate who was arrested by US immigration agents last year as part of the targeting by President Donald Trump's administration of pro-Palestinian campus activists has returned to her home in Turkey following a settlement with the US government. Lawyers for Rumeysa Ozturk announced the accord on Friday, a week after the administration fired an immigration judge who had in January rejected the US Department of Homeland Securit…
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Pro-Palestinian grad returns home after deal
BOSTON — A Tufts University graduate who was arrested by U.S. immigration agents last year as part of the Trump administration's targeting of pro-Palestinian campus activists returned to her home in Turkey after a settlement with the government.
Turkish student unlawfully detained by ICE agents in Massachusetts back home
Rumeysa Ozturk, who completed her Ph.D., was detained by plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in March 2025 in Somerville, after co-authoring pro-Palestinian opinion piece in student newspaper
Rümeysa Öztürk tired of living in ICE and, after completing his doctoral studies at Tufts University, announced his return to Turkey
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