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Judge Rules Tufts Student Rümeysa Öztürk Can Resume Teaching and Conducting Research

HeadlineDec 10, 2025

A federal judge has ruled Tufts University Ph.D. student Rümeysa Öztürk can resume teaching and conducting research. In March, the Turkish-born student was abducted by masked immigration agents near Boston and then sent to an ICE jail in Louisiana, where she was held for six weeks. She had been targeted for co-writing a student article on Gaza. Up until now she had not been able to teach or do research because the Trump administration had revoked her visa.

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