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US judge blocks Trump administration’s effort to deport Rumeysa Ozturk

Al JazeeraEN 3 min read 100% complete by Al Jazeera StaffFebruary 10, 2026 at 07:57 AM
US judge blocks Trump administration’s effort to deport Rumeysa Ozturk
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A US judge blocked the Trump administration's effort to deport Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish PhD student at Tufts University, in a ruling made on January 29, 2026. Ozturk, who studies children's relationship to social media, was arrested in March 2025 for her pro-Palestinian activism, specifically an editorial criticizing Tufts' response to Israel's war on Gaza. The Department of Homeland Security sought to revoke her visa based on this editorial. After spending 45 days in a Louisiana detention center, a federal judge ordered her release in May 2025, citing a violation of her free speech rights. Ozturk's lawyers stated that the immigration judge found the Department of Homeland Security failed to prove she should be removed from the US.

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Tufts University ×230% United States Department of Homeland Security ×240% Gaza Strip 50% Donald Trump 60% Rumeysa Ozturk ×580%

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immigration detention 80% free speech rights 70% pro-palestinian activism 60% us deportation policy 50% turkish immigration 40%

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