Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University Ph.D. student who was abducted near her home by immigration agents in March, has been released from an ICE jail in Louisiana and returned to Boston. Öztürk, a Turkish national, was targeted for co-writing a student article on Tufts’s response to Gaza solidarity protests. She spoke Saturday from Boston’s Logan International Airport, flanked by her lawyers and Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey and Congressmember Ayanna Pressley.

Rümeysa Öztürk: “America is the greatest democracy in the world, and I believe in those values that we share. I have faith in the American system of justice. This has been a very difficult time for me, for my community, for my community at Tufts, in Turkey, but I am so grateful for all the support, kindness and care.”

The Vermont judge who ordered Rümeysa Öztürk be released on bail will now rule on whether her detention by ICE was illegal.