US federal judge halts deportation of Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk - World News

Marco Rubiosecretary of State

If you apply for a visa to enter the United States and be a student, and you tell us that the reason why you’re coming to the United States is not just because you want to write op-eds, but because you want to participate in movements that are involved in doing things like vandalizing universities, harassing students, taking over buildings, creating a ruckus, we’re not going to give you a visa,

Rubio said

Rümeysa’s arrest and detention are designed to punish her speech and chill the speech of others,

the petition said

Credible accusations against Israel include accounts of deliberate starvation and indiscriminate slaughter of Palestinian civilians and plausible genocide,

the op-ed says

Apart from expressing her opinion within the framework of freedom of expression without engaging in any provocative or aggressive action regarding the Palestine issue, she has not taken any action,

Asim said

We recognize how frightening and distressing this situation is for (Ozturk), her loved ones, and the larger community here at Tufts, especially our international students, staff, and faculty who may be feeling vulnerable or unsettled by these events,

Kumar said in a statement late Wednesday

The government has adopted a policy of targeting noncitizens for arrest, detention and removal based on First Amendment-protected speech advocating for Palestinian rights,

the Friday petition said

The fact that someone can just be disappeared into the abyss for voicing an idea is absolutely horrifying,

rally attendee Sam Wachman told WBZ

Robin Wonsleyminneapolis City Council Member

This frightening reality underscores the need for the City of Minneapolis, University of Minnesota, and all local governments to clearly and unambiguously condemn the Trump administration’s cruel and racist attacks, and invest resources into protecting vulnerable residents,

Wonsley wrote

We revoked her visa...We gave you a visa to come and study and get a degree, not to become a social activist that tears up our university campuses.”

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday confirmed the move during a joint press conference with Guyanese President Irfaan Ali, stating

This is a first step in getting Rümeysa released and back home to Boston so she can continue her studies. But we never should have gotten here in the first place: Rümeysa’s experience is shocking, cruel, and unconstitutional,

Mahsa Khanbabai, one of her attorneys, said in a statement on Friday evening

Grabbing someone off the streets, stripping them of their student visa, and detaining them solely based on political viewpoint is an affront to all of our constitutional rights,

Jessie Rossman, legal director at the ACLU of Massachusetts, said in a statement

To allow the Court's resolution of its jurisdiction to decide the Petition, Ozturk shall not be removed from the United States until further Order of this Court,

Friday's order in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts said

I want you to be scared because if you are not worried about encroaching fascism in America, it will start to feel normal and if that happens we are all in trouble.”

He wrote in the New York Times in

A mythic past supposedly destroyed by liberals, feminists and immigrants; positioning as a patriarchal strongman, repeated warnings that without him, catastrophe would prevail, followed by division and propaganda.”

Then, he laid out the pattern for the dictator, which, he said, is always a man

Rumeysa’s arrest and detention are not a necessary or usual consequence of the revocation of a visa,

attorneys wrote

Department of Justice counsel on this matter also informed counsel for Rumeysa that they could not locate her,

they wrote

Rumeysa, like all of us in America, is entitled to express her opinions freely. Now, she is being unlawfully targeted by the Trump administration simply because she co-authored an op-ed calling for Palestinians to have basic human rights,

she added

This video should shake everyone to their core,

Khanbabai said

I had the opportunity to speak with Rumeysa late Wednesday night and she was grateful to finally get an explanation of what was happening to her and to learn of all the community support she has,

she said

Investigations found Ozturk engaged in activities in support of Hamas.”

In a statement regarding her arrest, a DHS spokesperson said